''Apodrepanulatrix liberaria'', the New Jersey tea inchworm, is a moth in the family

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. It was described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found from extreme southern Quebec and southern Ontario southward into northern Florida and Mississippi. It is listed as endangered by state authorities in the US states of

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

and

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

. The

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is 25–35 mm. The larvae feed on ''

Ceanothus americanus ''Ceanothus americanus'' is a species of ''Ceanothus'' shrub native to North America. Common names include New Jersey tea, Jersey tea ceanothus, variations of red root (red-root; redroot), mountain sweet (mountain-sweet; mountainsweet), and wild ...

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External links

911115 – 6693 – ''Apodrepanulatrix liberaria'' – (Walker, 1860)
''Moth Photographers Group''. Mississippi State University. pictures of both the moth and caterpillar Ennominae Moths of North America Moths described in 1860 {{Ennominae-stub