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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Notodontinae » Notodontini » Pheosia » Black-rimmed Prominent - Hodges#7922 (Pheosia rimosa)

Species Pheosia rimosa - Black-rimmed Prominent - Hodges#7922

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Black-rimmed Prominent - Pheosia rimosa Portland Prominent Moth - Pheosia rimosa Portland Prominent Moth - Pheosia rimosa 887 Pheosia ramosa - formerly; Portland Prominent - Pheosia rimosa - male Portland Prominent - Hodges#7923 - Pheosia rimosa Portland Prominent - Hodges#7923 - Pheosia rimosa Black-rimmed Prominent - Pheosia rimosa - male 1805 Pheosia rimosa - Black-rimmed Prominent 7922 - Pheosia rimosa
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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 Notodontinae
Tribe Notodontini
Genus Pheosia
Species rimosa (Black-rimmed Prominent - Hodges#7922)
Hodges Number
7922
Other Common Names
Larva called False-sphinx.
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
The Portland Prominent (Pheosia portlandia; Hodges #7923), found in wet coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest, was formerly considered to be a separate species.
Size
Caterpillar to 45 mm
Identification
Caterpillar resembles young hornworm caterpillars. Color may be yellow, lavender, pink, green, brown or nearly black. Skin is very shiny. Black horn on last abdominal segment and hard red-edged anal plate.(1)
Range
Coast to coast in North America; less common or absent in southeastern US. See map.
Season
Adults fly from spring to fall (this is at least true of the Portland Prominent)
Food
Larvae feed on poplars and aspens (genus Populus), and on willows (genus Salix).
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
image of adult (CBIF)
adult images & info (Lynn Scott)
adult image and US distribution map (USGS)
larva image & info (USGS)
Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands
Works Cited
1.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
By David L. Wagner
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 January, 2005 - 11:39pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Ethan Kistler, ceiseman
Last updated 21 March, 2010 - 6:06pm

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