headerphoto


Cross of Yellow/Orange -7mm (Euonymus Leaf Notcher)

Flying insect that is yellow to orange in color with black in tail. Fuzzy. ~7mm in length. Flies around evergreen bush and other bushes. Clings to side of house and windows. Second time we've had them in the Fall in Baltimore, MD area.

Comments for
Cross of Yellow/Orange -7mm (Euonymus Leaf Notcher)

Click here to add your own comments

Euonymus Leaf Notcher
by: Moni

Anonymous
Great pun! trim shrubs...work cut out for you!!

Glad we figured it out for you and you have easy organic controls!
Thank You!
by: Anonymous

Thanks Moni. That expains the invasion of little green caterpillars the past two springs and the reason my hedges on the side of my house were destroyed the past two summers! Since it's a new type of moth, I think I would have had a hard time figuring this one out. Now to go trim those shrubs and destroy the eggs! I have my work cut out for me.
Euonymus Leaf Notcher
by: Moni

Your photo is of a leaf skeletonizer moth with the scientific name - Pryeria sinica also called the Euonymus Leaf Notcher by Wikipedia. Evidently this is a new pest as noted by the Dept of Agriculture in May 30, 2003 -" New Moth Found in Maryland on Ornamentals".They suspect that the way it was introduced to the U.S. was from nursery stock from the Far East.
It seems to be located in Maryland and Virginia as of right now.
The larva of this moth feeds on Euonymus plants and can defoliate the shrub.
The moth lays the eggs on the stems in the late fall, with the larva emerging mid March. So for control you can try to find the egg masses now, cut them off and burn. Then in the spring if you find the small larva from mid to late March you should spray Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) a bacteria the kills the caterpillars.

It might be good for everyone in those states to destroy/burn all the Euonymus plants to try to prevent this pest from spreading!

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How?
Simply click here to return to Insect Identification