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Gold Moth Caterpillar
Photos © Kim Hosen; Gold moth caterpillar on Wingstem; Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area, Nokesville, VA; September 2009

Gold Moth Caterpillar
Basilodes pepita
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Amphipyrinae

Size: <40 mm

Season: August through October; overwinters as a pupa

Habitat: Fields, meadows and woodland edges

Host plants: Wingstem or Crownbeard