Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island--Jeremy B. Tatum

                                                                                                                                                                 

  NOTODONTIDAE

Oligocentria semirufescens

  
        

The caterpillar, which feeds on willow, could be mistaken for that of Schizura unicornis, but it is a unicolorous grey, lacking the two-colour disruptive pattern of unicornis, and the hump of segment 4 droops forward. Otherwise its life-history is rather similar.


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