Translations:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Nature/Moths & Butterflies/14/en

5. Name three harmful tree moths and one harmful house moth and tell during what stage of their lives they each do their damage.

Tree Moths

Gypsy Moth

Gypsy moth caterpillar

The gypsy moth was introduced into the United States in 1868 by a French scientist, Leopold Trouvelot, living in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The native silk spinning caterpillars were proving to be susceptible to disease. So Trouvelot brought over gypsy moth eggs to try to make a caterpillar hybrid, that could resist diseases. When some of the moths escaped from his lab, they started to multiply. They eventually grew to be gypsy moths as we know them today. It is now one of the most notorious pests of hardwood trees in the Eastern United States.