Hydrelia lucata – Light Carpet

Hodges # 7422

Caterpillar foods:  birch (Beadle & Leckie)

Hydrelia inornata and H. lucata seem to be very similar.  I haven’t found any references that show definite differences between the two.  Hugh McGuinness agrees that they’re difficult to tell apart, and may in fact be the same species.

Les Ferge lists only H. lucata in Wisconsin, so that’s what I’ll call the ones I see.

6/3/2011

 

8/4/2011

 

5/11/2012

 

5/18/2012

 

6/9/2013

Hydrelia inornata 6-9-13 1

 

8/4/2013

Hydrelia inornata Unadorned Carpet 8-4-13 1