Not to be confused with tent caterpillar or bagworm.
Fall webworm
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Hyphantria
Species:
H. cunea
Binomial name
Hyphantria cunea
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
Phalaena cunea Drury, 1773
Phalaena liturata Goeze, 1781
Phalaena punctatissima Smith, 1797
Cycnia budea Hübner, 1823
Arctia textor Harris, 1823
Hyphantria textor Harris, 1841
Spilosoma mutans Walker, 1856
Hyphantria punctata Fitch, 1857
Hyphantria pallida Packard, 1864
Spilosoma candida Walker, [1865]
Hyphantria suffusa Strecker, 1900
Hyphantria brunnea Strecker, 1900
The fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea) is a moth in the family Erebidae known principally for its larval stage, which creates the characteristic webbed nests on the tree limbs of a wide variety of hardwoods in the late summer and fall. It is considered a pest but does not harm otherwise healthy trees. It is well known to commercial tree services and arboriculturists. Fall webworms are an invasive species in East Asia.[1]
^Edosa, Tariku T.; Jo, Yong H.; Keshavarz, Maryam; Anh, Young Sang; Noh, Mi Young; Han, Yeon S. (February 2019). "Current status of the management of fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea : Towards the integrated pest management development". Journal of Applied Entomology. 143 (1–2): 1–10. doi:10.1111/jen.12562. S2CID 92540632.
The fallwebworm (Hyphantria cunea) is a moth in the family Erebidae known principally for its larval stage, which creates the characteristic webbed nests...
take-off. Gregarious caterpillars, such as the forest tent caterpillar and fallwebworm, benefit from basking in large groups for thermoregulation. Many flying...
sometimes confused with the spongy moth (whose larvae look similar) and the fallwebworm (which also builds tents), and may be erroneously referred to as a bagworm...
dead insects. They are predators of codling moth larvae, and also of fallwebworm. Workers may forage in households, but nest in soil mounds. They harvest...
caterpillars make their tents in the nodes and branches of a tree's limbs, fallwebworms enclose leaves and small branches at the ends of the limbs. The following...
they include in their diet adelgids, mites, insect eggs (an example is fallwebworm eggs) and small larvae. They also eat pollen which may constitute up...
late summer but generally does no lasting harm to a healthy tree), the fallwebworm (also a late-season defoliator), the white flannel moth, the American...
Workers use this ability to scavenge for dead insects such as earwigs and fallwebworm larvae, as well as live arthropods. They are also frugivores, obtaining...
Psychidae. Wikispecies has information related to Psychidae. Bagworm, FallWebworm or Eastern Tent Caterpillar? Archived 2014-08-20 at the Wayback Machine...
Bonanza Books. p. 539. Fitzgerald, T. D. (1 March 2008). "Larvae of the fallwebworm, Hyphantria cunea , inhibit cyanogenesis in Prunus serotina". Journal...
and infect the larva. An example of an insect that it infects is the fallwebworm. Baculoviruses are thought to have evolved from the Nudiviridae family...
few species in this subfamily are of economic importance. Even the fallwebworm, an abundant and highly polyphagous tree-feeding species that has spread...
generally avoided by Vespula species). They also prey on larvae of the fallwebworm, as well as young hummingbirds. In general, they are not attracted to...
trees eventually die. The walnut caterpillar (Datana integerrima) and fallwebworm (Hyphantria cunea) are two of the most serious pests, they commonly eat...
cagnagella and the ugly nest caterpillar, Archips cerasivoranus. The fallwebworm Hyphantria cunea, is a patch restricted forager during the initial stages...
Eulophidae. Chouioia cunea is considered an important parasite of the fallwebworm in China, where the moth is an invasive species. Edosa, Tariku T.; Jo...
Entomology. 33: 1–135. Tothill, John D. (1922). The natural control of the fallwebworm (Hyphantria cunea Drury) in Canada : together with an account of its...
1998). "Isolation and characterization of immune-related genes from the fallwebworm, Hyphantria cunea, using PCR-based differential display and subtractive...
Pamphiliidae commonly known as the red-headed pine sawfly or the pine false webworm. Native to Europe, it has been introduced into North America where it has...
widely considered as invasive. Box tree moth Colorado potato beetle Fallwebworm Asian ladybeetle Horse-chestnut leaf miner Russian pig-flies Megachile...
Ichneumonidae. It is a parasite of the webworm caterpillar in North America. T. morio adults lay their eggs inside webworm caterpillars by piercing them with...
Entomology. 33: 1–135. Tothill, John D. (1922). The natural control of the fallwebworm (Hyphantria cunea Drury) in Canada : together with an account of its...
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