Folivorous-caterpillar

Guides

• Kocakina

  Intractable quaker moth (for sole species K. fidelis)

  Kocakina is a monotypic genus of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae, established in 2006 to replace the preoccupied genus name Himella. The sole species, Kocakina fidelis (intractable quaker moth), is an early-spring flying moth of eastern North American dry woodlands. The caterpillar is known as the four-lined green fruitworm and feeds primarily on oak, elm, and flowering crabapple leaves.

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