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Lichen Moths and their Kin

of the New England Region

Family: Erebidae

(tigers, tussocks, underwings, fruit piercers, litter moths)

Subfamily: Arctiinae

(tiger moths, wasp moths, and lichen moths)

Tribe: Lithosiini

(Lichen moths)

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Presented by Sam Jaffe and The Caterpillar Lab.

The following resources were used in the creation of these galleries:

• Samuel Jaffe original photographs and associated Life History Notes.

• David Wagner accounts from "The Caterpillars of Eastern North America"

• Moth Photographer's Group range maps

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Hypoprepia fucosa • Painted Lichen Moth

Hypoprepia fucosa • Painted Lichen Moth

Hypoprepia fucosa

Painted Lichen Moth

Hypoprepia fucosa • Painted Lichen Moth

Hypoprepia fucosa • Painted Lichen Moth

Other New England Lithosiini species not yet represented here

• Cisthene packardii – Packard's Lichen Moth

• Lycomorpha pholus – Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth

• Hypoprepia miniata – Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth

• Clemensia albata – Little White Lichen Moth

• Crambidia casta – Pearly-winged Lichen Moth

• Crambidia pallida – Pale Lichen Moth

• Manulea bicolor – Bicolored Moth

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