Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oedemasia semirufescens (Walker, 1865)
Hatima semirufescens Walker, 1865
Oedemasia eximia Grote, 1881
Explanation of Names
Oedemasia semirufescens (Walker, 1865), n. comb. in Becker (2014)
(1), was formerly placed in the genus
Schizura.
Identification
Variable grayish brown, FW variably streaked with yellowish, red, and black. Usually has a black basal dot, and reniform spot. HW light yellowish with gray shading.
Caterpillar "Yellow, pink or brown with extensive netwrk of brown mottling.
A1 with fleshy, forward-projecting horn, cleft at its apex; last thoracic segment also drawn into sizable dorsal horn; and A5 humped. head usually with broad, brown stripe running from vertex to antenna."
(2) Pale chevron-shaped mark towards rear end of back.
Range
Canada: NS to BC; USA (east): ME south to southern FL west to MN and eastern TX in wooded areas; USA (west): WA, ID, OR, CA, northwestern CO, southwestern SD.
(3)
Type locality (leptinoides): "Middles States".
Type locality (mustelina): Cambridge, MA.
Season
Flies May-September.
Two generations of mature caterpillars from June onward.
Food
A wide assortment of trees and shrubs. Apple, beech, birch, poplar, oak, maples, roses and willows.
