Spring cankerworm
Insect
Spring cankerworm
Paleacrita vernata (Peck)
Lepidoptera: Geometridae
Distribution: Most fruit-growing states and provinces in eastern North America.
The adult male is gray and has winding lines on its forewings the female has stumpy gray wings (A). The larva is pale green to dark brown with two yellow longitudinal bands on the sides (B). It moves in a looping inchworm fashion.