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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 » White-headed Prominent - Hodges#7951 (Symmerista albifrons)

Species Symmerista albifrons - White-headed Prominent - Hodges#7951

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Red-humped Oakworm caterpillar 3 - Symmerista albifrons

White-headed Prominent Moth - Symmerista albifrons

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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 Nystaleinae

Genus Symmerista

Species albifrons (White-headed Prominent - Hodges#7951)

Hodges Number

7951

Other Common Names

Red-humped Oakworm

Explanation of Names

Species name is albi Latin white, plus frons Latin forehead. (Based on Internet searches.)

Size

Wingspan 3.3-4.5 cm

Identification

Creamy mark on forewing is distinctive, apparently. Listed as common.

comparison of 8th sternite - scales brushed off.

comparison of genitalia dissection - in albifrons, apex of the large bilobed process greatly exceeds the apex of the small simple process whereas in leucitys the two apexes are subequal

Genitalia:

Habitat

Deciduous forests and adjacent areas

Season

March-October

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on oaks.

2 generations per year(1)

Print References

Covell, p. 332, plate 43 #2 (2)

Holland, p. 296, plate XXXIX #7 (3)

Wagner, p. 54, (larva) (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Canadian Biodiversity

Maryland Moths

Works Cited

1.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

2.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

3.	The Moth Book W.J. Holland. 1968. Dover.

4.	Caterpillars of Eastern Forests David L. Wagner, Valerie Giles, Richard C. Reardon, Michael L. McManus. 1998. U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team.

Contributed by Cotinis on 9 April, 2004 - 8:53am
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Marci Hess, JoAnneRusso, Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 18 October, 2023 - 8:35am

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