Heterocampa guttivitta

Heterocampa guttivitta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Heterocampa
Species:	H. guttivitta
Binomial name
Heterocampa guttivitta (Walker, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
Cecrita guttivitta Walker, 1855 Cecrita albiplaga Walker, 1856 Drymonia mucorea Herrich-Schaeffer, 1856 Lochmaeus harrisii Packard, 1864 Lochmaeus cinereus Packard, 1864 Drymonia indeterminata Walker, 1865 Heterocampa doubledayi Scudder, 1869 Heterocampa hugoi Chermock and Chermock, 1940

The Saddled Prominent Moth (Heterocampa guttivitta) is a species of moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.^[2]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are brownish to greenish grey with white or black spots on the forewings. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the foliage of a wide range of woody plants, including apple, birch, blueberry, dogwood, hazel, maple, oak, sumac and walnut.^[3] The first two instars cling to silken feeding mats on the underside of the leaf. They skeletonize the leaf leaving only a few major veins. Later instars feed on the outside of the leaf consuming all the tissue except major veins. The species overwinters in the pupal stage in a cocoon buried in leaf litter on the ground.^[4]

Gallery

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References

1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
2. ^ Bug Guide
3. ^ aprairiehaven.com
4. ^ Bug Wood

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