Catocala andromedae (Guen‚e, 1852)
The most often encountered of the five Nearctic Ericaceae-feeding Catocala as a larva.
Body pinkish to gray, with striping and stippling laterally and dorsally, with moderate brownish A5 dorsal hump; head capsule with fine reddish stripes,
sometimes darker along lateral margin; moderately long lateral filaments; reddish purple ventral spots on A3/A4, smaller on A1/A2. Similar to
louiseae and unknown if these two are
separable, more larval rearings with adults desirable. Wild larvae of andromedae on a variety of Vaccinium as
well as occasionally Pinxster (Rhododendron periclymenoides). Its close relatives
gracilis
and
sordida with
more brownish body coloration, frequently with darker and prominent brown dorsolateral stripes;
gracilis with moderately long lateral filaments but those in sordida usually significantly reduced in length.
Larva of
bastropi
unknown.
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