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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Lichen Moths (Lithosiini) » Cisthenina » Hypoprepia » Painted Lichen Moth - Hodges#8090 (Hypoprepia fucosa)
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YES!! - Hypoprepia fucosa
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YES!! - Hypoprepia fucosa
Hinsdale , DuPage County, Illinois, USA
August 3, 2020
My favorite moth species by far, but I’ve only ever seen 3 individuals. Back in June, I found a lichen moth caterpillar and gave it a lichen covered branch. Today I checked the container to see this freshly emerged beauty! Can someone tell me what to feed it?

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YES!! - Hypoprepia fucosa YES!! - Hypoprepia fucosa
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Contributed by BugIdentifier on 3 August, 2020 - 1:01pm
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… BugIdentifier, 3 August, 2020 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

Lichen moths are great
I'd try making a sugar-water solution (sugar and water) and soak a cotton ball in it. If the moth drinks nectar, it will feed. If not, it most likely doesn't eat. If the guide and other websites don't list an adult food, it most likely is unknown or it doesn't eat. Most adult moths including silk moths don't eat as adults (not that this is a silk moth).
… Violet K, 3 August, 2020 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
It has a proboscis, so think that means it will eat
… BugIdentifier, 3 August, 2020 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Proboscis = nectar/rotting fruit/sap
therefore I suggest you try the sugar cotton ball 'recipe' or whatever other suggestions online for feeding nectar-eating insects. Good luck!
… Violet K, 6 August, 2020 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

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