Insect Foliar Agent Info

ID features for Lepidoptera stages

Adult: Scales on wings, front and hind wings different shapes

Larvae: 5> pairs of prolegs, crochets on prolegs

ID features for Hymenoptera stages

Adult: Clear wings, hind wings smaller

Larvae: 6< pairs of prolegs, no crochets, round head

Western Spruce Budworm ID

Family: Tortricidae

Genus: Choristoneura

Species: freemani

Host: Douglas-fir & Abies spp.

Brown wirth mottled wings

Bell shaped with wings folded

Douglas-fir Tussock Moth ID

Family: Erebidae

Genus: Orgyia

Species: pseudotsugata

Host: Douglas-fir

Male is brown with wavy forewing pattern

Female is grey-brown and flightless

Larvae are hairy with tufts (tussocks)

Spongy Moth ID

Family: Erebidae

Genus: Lymantria

Species: dispar

Host: Deciduous trees

Male is brown and small

Female is large and white

Larvae are hairy with red and blue spots

Invasive

Satin Moth ID

Family: Eribidae

Genus: Leucoma

Species: salicis

Host: poplar and willow

Adult have white wings and satin sheen

Larvae are hairy and colourfull

Invasive

Western Hemlock Looper ID

Family: Geometridae

Genus: Lambdina

Species: fixellaria lugubrosa

Adult are tan-grey with dark wing bands

Larvae have prolegs on last two segments

Host: Western hemlock,

Forest Tent Caterpillar ID

Family: Lasiocampidae

Genus: Malacosoma

Species: disstria

Host: Hardwoods, aspen, sugar maple

Adult are stout and brown with a single dark line on the forewing

Larvae are hairy with long blue stripes and whte markings

Egg mass sorrounds twig

Sawfly ID

Families: Cimbicidae and Tenthredinidae

Proglegs on each abdominal segment

Round headed larvae