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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Nystaleinae » Symmerista » Suave Prominent - Hodges#7954 (Symmerista suavis)
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Symmerista leucitys, Orange-humped Mapleworm? - Symmerista suavis
Copyright © 2017 Carla Kishinami

Symmerista leucitys, Orange-humped Mapleworm? - Symmerista suavis
Kohl's Ranch, Gila County, Arizona, USA
October 29, 2017
Size: ca. 40mm
elev. ca. 5320 ft. Ponderosa pine/oak/juniper forest vicinity Tonto Creek. Found wandering on the ground.

I don't think this species is known to be here, but it's the closest I come with the photos I've found.

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Contributed by Carla Kishinami on 30 October, 2017 - 5:05pm
Last updated 24 March, 2022 - 3:02pm

Moved
Moved from Symmerista.Read the new fascicle a couple of times and it seems suavis is the most likely choice for this beauty. The lavendar hump with three orange spots fits the description of solistella, but that seems to be restricted to Central Texas.
… john and jane balaban, 24 March, 2022 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

 
More photos added
I just added two photos of the pupa of this caterpillar to document the pupal stage. Unfortunately, it did not emerge.
… Carla Kishinami, 25 November, 2022 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 6 October, 2018 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kyhl Austin, 10 November, 2017 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

ID of this Caterpillar…
Im for that too!
Orange-humped Mapleworm
(Symmerista leucitys).
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Symmerista-leucitys .
… Bkripto, 2 November, 2017 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
....for your vote. It has now made itself a webbing and leaf nest. I don't think it has formed a pupa yet. I hope it will survive through the winter to emerge next year and we'll know for sure.
… Carla Kishinami, 6 November, 2017 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

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