saddlebacked looper
Ectropis crepuscularia (Denis & Schiffermuller)
Resources
- Caterpillars on the Foliage of Conifers in the Northeastern United States - USDA Forest Service
Representative Images(View more at Forestry Images)
 1178027 saddlebacked looper Ectropis crepuscularia Larva(e) Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Archive |
Taxonomic Rank
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: Atelocerata |
| Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta) |
| Infraclass: Neoptera |
| Subclass: Pterygota |
| Order: Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: Geometroidea |
| Family: Geometridae |
| Subfamily: Ennominae |
| Tribe: Boarmiini |
| Genus: Ectropis |
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| Common Name Reference: | Drooz AT, ed. 1989. Insects of eastern forests. Misc. Publ. 1426. Washington, DC: USDA Forest Service. 608 p. |
| Scientific Name Reference: | R.W. Poole and P. Gentili, Nomina Insecta Nearctica. 1996. Nomina insecta nearctica: a checklist of the insects of North America. Vol. 3. Rockville (MD): Entomological Information Services. Available at URL: http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/main.htm |
