Common name: Ailanthus webworm.
Hodges #: 2401.
Identification: Fw coppery to red-orange with yellow-green spots
on black fasciae; black areas with blue-purple reflectance.
Similar species: 1717.
Distribution: eastern U.S., more common southward.
Hosts: Larvae feed on Ailianthus– Tree-of-heaven.
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KS, Reno Co., Hutchinson. 17- VII- 1982, coll.
L. Combs.
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