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Species Oedemasia salicis - Western Red-humped Caterpillar - Hodges#8010.1

Representative Images

Caterpillar on Redbud - Oedemasia salicis i thought checkerspots..intill i looked at... - Oedemasia salicis Unknown - Oedemasia salicis unknown caterpiller - Oedemasia salicis Caterpillars on Apple Tree - Oedemasia salicis Caterpillars on Apple Tree - Oedemasia salicis Eating the leaves from my tree - Oedemasia salicis Red-humped Caterpillar Moth - Oedemasia salicis - female
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Heterocampinae
Genus Oedemasia
Species salicis (Western Red-humped Caterpillar - Hodges#8010.1)

Hodges Number

8010.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Oedemasia salicis (Edwards, 1877)
Heterocampa salicis Edwards, 1876
Dryocampa riversii Behr, 1890

Explanation of Names

Oedemasia salicis (Edwards, 1877), rev. stat. in Miller et al. (2021) (1), formerly treated as a subspecies of Oedemasia concinna (Smith, 1797) includes as a synonym O. riversii (Behr, 1890).

Range

Canada: southern BC; USA: WA and ID south to southeastern CA (1)
Type locality (salicis): Mt. Shasta, CA.
Type locality (riversii): Napa Valley, CA.

See Also

Oedemasia concinna (Smith, 1797) is separated by range with potential overlap in the Pacific Northwest. Larvae cannot be separated by observable characters.

Print References

Behr, H.H., [1890]. Entomological contributions. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 2,2: 94.
Edwards, H., 1877. Pacific Coast Lepidoptera, No. 18. Notes on the case-bearing moths, (Psyehidae,) with notices of Californian species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 7: 121.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae
Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2021. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 March, 2022 - 2:42pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 9 October, 2022 - 8:58am

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