Family Nolidae Hodges # 8970
Caterpillar foods: beech, hornbeam (Carpinus), hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) (Bugguide), and butternut (Beadle & Leckie)
We don’t have any of these plants on our property, as far as I know, although hornbeam, hophornbeam and butternut can all be found in western Wisconsin. Maybe we have some that I don’t know about, or maybe the caterpillars can also eat walnut or other species.
6/5/2012
5/30/2016