Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
BugGuide Gathering
Pack Forest
Washington State
July 10-12, 2009
Details...

Photos from the 2009 gathering
 
Photos from the 2008 gathering in Tennessee
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota

TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Schizura

Genus Schizura

Classification
Unicorn Caterpillar Moth - Schizura unicornis Checkered-fringe Prominent - Schizura ipomoeae Unicorn Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8007 - Schizura unicornis Unicorn Caterpillar Moth - Schizura unicornis 839b Schizura unicornis [T] - Unicorn Caterpillar Moth 8007 - Schizura unicornis - male Unicorn Caterpillar Moth - Schizura unicornis Unicorn caterpillar moth - Schizura unicornis moth - Schizura - male
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Heterocampinae
Genus Schizura
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm

Schizura references
Wagner, pp. 62-63, has illustrations of this genus. (1)

References on the Internet, from Josh Rose:

http://www.barbosalab.umd.edu/notodontidae/010.html
http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/wildthing/unicorncaterpillar.htm
http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/tatum/330-332.htm
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/2000/cateast/schiipom.htm
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/2000/cateast/schiunic.htm

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 28 June, 2004 - 11:24am

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2009 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact