![Atteva aurea, Ailanthus Webworm Moth, on Pycnanthemum, Mountain-Mint](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7959872752_9f474192d3.jpg)
The larvae - caterpillars - feed in communal aggregations, like tent caterpillars. Around the globe, caterpillars in the genus Atteva are known to feed on plants from at least a half-dozen plant families. But they favor plants in the Simaroubaceae, the Quassia Family.