Proteoteras aesculana
Description and damage This moth has a wingspan of 0.5 to 0.7 inch and is dark olive-green with yellow and gray mottling. The mature larvae are about 0.4 inch in length with a whitish body, dark brown head, and yellow-brown thoracic shield. Larvae bore into tips of branches and the terminal shoot causing dieback as the leaves wilt and turn brown. Damage is most evident on young trees after the terminal is killed and the growth structure altered.
