I was browsing obs to identify and found what looked like a woolly bear in North Carolina identified as Pyrrharctia. There are two species: P. isabella, which I’ve observed about a year ago (the caterpillar was on my tent when I unpitched it), and P. genini, which neither iNat nor Wikipedia has a picture of, adult or caterpillar. I identified it as P. isabella, since P. genini is Mexican, and tried to find some pictures of the caterpillar of P. genini on the web, but didn’t. Do you know of any pictures of the caterpillar?
I was going to say that your best bet might be the original description paper (or a later book released to discuss the genus)
https://bioquipbugs.com/product/catalogue-of-the-neotropical-tiger-moths-occasional-papers-on-systematic-entomology-series-volume-1/ this book may be your best bet if you can find a scan or copy?
2 Likes
This topic was automatically closed 60 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.