Damage to a Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) caused by the California Oak Moth (Phryganidia californica), the most important oak-feeding caterpillar throughout its range, which extends along the coast and through the coastal mountains of California. The caterpillars can strip a tree of all leaves but the Coast Live Oak trees usually recover in subsequent years.

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Shooting date : 2012-04-18

Keywords

Wild animal / Insect / Butterfly / Moth / Notodontididae / California oak moth (Phryganidia californica)

Atmosphere / Seasons / Temperate season / Spring

America / North America / United States of America / Western United States / Pacific States / California

Individual / Stage of development / Larva / Caterpillar

Shot / Overview

Species / Relation between species / Plant disease / Garden and crop-destroying

Natural resources use / Agronomy / Damage on plant / Plant pathology

Atmosphere / Meteorological phenomenon / Sky / blue sky

April

Flora / Fagales order / Fagaceae family / Oak (Quercus sp) / California live oak (Quercus agrifolia)

Natural resources use / Agronomy / Damage on plant

Individual / Nobody

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Protostomia / Articulata / Arthropoda / Tracheata / Antennata / Hexapoda / Insecta / Lepidoptera / Heterocera / Notodontidae / Phryganidia

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Archaeplastida / Chlorobionta / Embryophyta / Tracheophyta / Spermatophyta / Phanerogamae / Angiospermae / Dicotyledoneae / Fagales / Fagaceae / Quercus

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