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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Phalerinae » Peridea » Angulose Prominent - Hodges#7920 (Peridea angulosa)

Species Peridea angulosa - Angulose Prominent - Hodges#7920

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Angulose Prominent Caterpillar - Peridea angulosa

Angulose Prominent Moth - Peridea angulosa

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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 Phalerinae

Genus Peridea

Species angulosa (Angulose Prominent - Hodges#7920)

Hodges Number

7920

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Phalaena angulosa J. E. Smith 1797

Numbers

3 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

(Other spp. feed on birch or maples)

Size

Wingspan: 35-45mm (2)

Larvae to 45mm (3)

Identification

Larvae have white and pink spiracular stripe that runs to the mandibles.

Larvae with reddish ground color occur in some fall-active larvae:

Range

Southern Canada to Florida, west to Texas (3)

Habitat

Barrens, woodlands, and forests (3)

Season

Adults: May-Oct (2)

Mature larvae: May-November, two generations over much of East (3)

Food

Oaks - Quercus spp. (2), (3)

Life Cycle

If disturbed, larva will coil and raise the head over the body in a snakelike fashion. (3)

Remarks

Uncommon to common (2)

Print References

Wagner, Caterpillars of Eastern Forests, p. 292--photo of caterpillar, adult (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - Images of live & pinned adults

Moths of Maryland - Images of live adults

CBIF - Image of pinned adult

Butterflies and Moths of North America - Images of pinned adults & distribution map

All-Leps - Images of pinned adults & map of sample collection points

Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images - Images of live adults

InsectImages.org - Image of larva

Discover Life - Image of larva

Works Cited

1.	Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico By Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983.

2.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths By Charles V. Covell

3.	Caterpillars of Eastern North America By David L. Wagner

4.	Caterpillars of Eastern Forests By David L. Wagner, Valerie Giles, Richard C. Reardon, Michael L. McManus

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, J.D. Roberts, Ethan Kistler
Last updated 7 May, 2010 - 10:42am

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