Florida fern caterpillar (Callopistria floridensis ) on Boston swordfern (Nephrolepis exaltata )

Florida fern caterpillar
Callopistria floridensis (Guenée)

Host: Boston swordfern (Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott)
Descriptor: Damage
Description: Greenhouse infestations are often first discovered by sickly sweet odor produced by feeding caterpillars.
Image type: Field
Image location: Mobile, Alabama, United States

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Name: Chazz Hesselein
Organization: Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Country: United States

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Subject: Florida fern caterpillar
Genus: Callopistria
Family: Noctuidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta)
Photographer: Chazz Hesselein
Organization: Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Area: Forestry - Understory and Rangeland Plants

Image Number: 5438979

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Image uploaded on Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Image Information last updated on Wednesday, June 15, 2011