Clickable Guide

Interactive image map to choose major taxa

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Possible 2026 BugGuide gathering in Texas?

National Moth Week was July 19-27, and the Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Species Peridea angulosa - Angulose Prominent - Hodges#7920

Peridea angulosa - Hodge's #7920 - Peridea angulosa

7920 Angulose Prominent (Peridea angulosa) - Peridea angulosa

Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Phalerinae

Genus Peridea

Species angulosa (Angulose Prominent - Hodges#7920)

Hodges Number

7920

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Peridea angulosa (J.E. Smith, 1797)

Phalaena angulosa J. E. Smith 1797

Phylogenetic sequence # 930049 (1)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 3 species of the genus Peridea in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan: 35-45mm (2)

Larvae to 45mm (3)

Identification

Larvae have white and pink spiracular stripe that runs to the mandibles.

Larvae with reddish ground color occur in some fall-active larvae:

Range

Southern Canada to Florida, west to Texas (3)

Habitat

Barrens, woodlands, and forests (3)

Season

Adults: May-Oct (2)

Mature larvae: May-November, two generations over much of East (3)

Food

Oaks - Quercus spp. (2), (3)

Life Cycle

If disturbed, larva will coil and raise the head over the body in a snakelike fashion. (3)

Remarks

Uncommon to common (2)

Print References

Wagner, Caterpillars of Eastern Forests, p. 292--photo of caterpillar, adult (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Moths of Maryland - Images of live adults

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Butterflies and Moths of North America - Images of pinned adults & distribution map

Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images - Images of live adults

InsectImages.org - Image of larva

Discover Life - Image of larva

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

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

3.	Caterpillars of Eastern North America David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.

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.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Mike Quinn, Jason D. Roberts, Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler, marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 2 October, 2025 - 3:49pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2026 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version