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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Notodontinae » Pheosia » Black-rimmed Prominent - Hodges#7922 (Pheosia rimosa)

Species Pheosia rimosa - Black-rimmed Prominent - Hodges#7922

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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 Notodontinae
Genus Pheosia
Species rimosa (Black-rimmed Prominent - Hodges#7922)
Hodges Number
7922
Other Common Names
Larva called False-sphinx.
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pheosia rimosa Packard, 1864
Phylogenetic sequence # 93001
The Portland Prominent (Pheosia portlandia; Hodges #7923), found in wet coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest, was formerly considered to be a separate species.
Size
Caterpillar to 45 mm
Identification
Caterpillar resembles young hornworm caterpillars. Color may be yellow, lavender, pink, green, brown or nearly black. Skin is very shiny. Black horn on last abdominal segment and hard red-edged anal plate.(1)
Range
Coast to coast in North America; less common or absent in southeastern US. See map.
Season
Adults fly from spring to fall (this is at least true of the Portland Prominent)
Larvae are present July - Oct(2)
Food
Larvae feed on poplars and aspens (genus Populus), and on willows (genus Salix).
Life Cycle
Overwinter as pupa in the ground.(2)
1-2 generations per year.(2)
1st instar larva; larva; larva; adult
Print References
Powell, J.A., 1986. Records of prolonged diapause in Lepidoptera. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 25(2): 102. (3)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl 42.1; p. 249. (4)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (5)
Moth Photographers Group (6)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Works Cited
1.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
2.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
3.Records of prolonged diapause in Lepidoptera
Jerry A Powell . 1986. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 25(2): 83-109.
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
5.Pacific Northwest Moths
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 January, 2005 - 11:39pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler, ceiseman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Marci Hess, Steve Morris
Last updated 5 August, 2023 - 11:17am

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