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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Oedemasia » Red-washed Prominent - Hodges#8012 (Oedemasia semirufescens)
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Moth Caterpillar ID request - Oedemasia semirufescens
Copyright © 2016 Andrea Jackson

Moth Caterpillar ID request - Oedemasia semirufescens
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
September 2, 2015
Size: about 1 inch long
This caterpillar has been debated at length on the AlbertaLeps site. It was agreed that it is the caterpillar of a Prominent moth. There were many suggestions as to its species, but no definitive identification. The species suggested the most was Oligocentria semirufescens – Red-washed Prominent.

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Contributed by Andrea Jackson on 23 May, 2016 - 1:21am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 23 May, 2016 - 2:05am login or register to post comments

Yes - Red-washed Prominent…
Has the forward-projecting cleft horn on A1, hump on T3, protuberances on fifth and eighth abdominal segments, etc. This cat is small, but will rise up when it feels threatened.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 23 May, 2016 - 1:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
I appreciate your clarity on this identification.
… Andrea Jackson, 23 May, 2016 - 3:23am login or register to post comments

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