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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 » Ianassa » White-streaked Prominent - Hodges#8017 (Ianassa lignicolor)

Species Ianassa lignicolor - White-streaked Prominent - Hodges#8017

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Ianassa
Species lignicolor (White-streaked Prominent - Hodges#8017)
Hodges Number
8017
Other Common Names
Lacecapped Caterpillar
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ianassa lignicolor Walker, 1855; synonyms, etc.
Exaereta lignigera Walker, 1865
Xylinodes virgata Packard, 1864
Ianassa lignicolor Walker, 1855, n. comb. in Miller et al. (2021) (1), was formerly in the genus Oligocentria. Listed as Oligocentria lignicolor in most guides.
Size
Larva to 45 mm
Identification
Mature caterpillar blotched and mottled in green white and brown. "Dorsum of A1 drawn into forward-projecting horn. Head with characteristic mottling." (Wagner)(2) Early instars are gregarious, yellow in color.
Range
Canada: NS to southern SK; USA: ME south to FL and west to MN and TX. [cite:2095638159]
Type locality (lignicolor): "United States."
Type locality (lignigera): "United States."
Type locality (virgata): Cambridge, MA; Seekonk, MA; Lansing, MI.
Food
Caterpillars feed mostly on beech, chestnut and oak leaves.
Life Cycle
Larva; older larva; adult
Remarks
Like other related prominents, the caterpillar feeds along leaf margins and hold its body flush against the edge, looking like a somewhat damaged leaf margin from a distance.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Forestryimages.org
Butterflies and Moths of North America
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.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz, marcie oconnor
Last updated 9 August, 2024 - 6:34am

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