adults are grayish moths, about 1/3 inch long
males have the wings with a row of three diamond-shaped yellow spots where they meet down the middle of the back
folded wings flare outward and upward toward their tips
hind wings have a fringe of long hairs
larvae, which rarely exceed 1/3 inch, are pale yellowish-green with fine, scattered, erect black hairs over the body
they wiggle actively when disturbed
pupa is in a gauzy sack so thin and loosely spun that it hardly conceals the pupa about 3/8 inch long
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Photo credit: Extension Entomology, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
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larvae feed on the underside of leaves, leaving shothole type damage
usually, outer leaves are attacked
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