Greenstriped mapleworm

• French common name: Anisote de l'érable
• Scientific name: Dryocampa rubicunda (Fabricius)
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Insecta
• Order: Lepidoptera
• Family: Saturniidae
• Partial list of synonyms:
  • Anisota rubicunda (Fabricius)

Distribution

• New Brunswick
• Nova Scotia
• Ontario
• Quebec

Canadian Forest Service Publications

Greenstriped mapleworm

Diet and feeding behaviour

• Phyllophagous: Feeds on the leaves of plants.
  • Free-living defoliator: Feeds on and moves about freely on foliage.

Information on host(s)

Main host(s)

• Red maple
• Sugar maple

Photos

Side view of a different mature larva

Thérèse Arcand

Dorsal view of mature larva (length: 40-50 mm)

Thérèse Arcand

Side view of pupa (length: 24-32 mm)

Thérèse Arcand

Appearance of eggs (diameter, about 1 mm)

Thérèse Arcand

Severely damaged red maple stand

Pierre Therrien