GARDEN WEBWORM, Achyra rantalis (Guene)
Description	Picture	Damage
buff moths with shadings and irregular markings of light and dark gray wingspread is about 3/4 inch generally, night active attracted to lights often found in fields during the day, with darting short flights larvae about 1 inch long yellowish or pale to dark greenish with a light stripe down the back three dark spots form a triangle on the side of each segment	Photo credit: Extension Entomology, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University	larvae feed primarily on the underside of leaves skeletonizing leaves spin webs and draw leaves within the web for food

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Last modified: March 31, 1998