They eat holes in the leaves, blossom and developing fruitlets of many tree fruits, ornamental trees and shrubs in early spring. They enter the newly opening buds of leaves and flowers and feed on the tissue from the inside out. Native to Northern and central Europe, winter moth caterpillars have potential to cause severe damage to host plants because of their high populations and the manner in which they attack their host plant. These caterpillars can be confused with the blueberry sawfly, which is also a green caterpillar that feeds inside leaf and flower buds. They move an inching motion forming an arch when they crawl similar to the blueberry spanworm and the chain geometer.
Winter moth caterpillars are small green caterpillars with one darker green strip down the center of their back and two white stripes on each side of their body.
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