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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACROLEPIIDAE-
ADELIDAE-Fairy moths
AMPHISBATIDAE-
AUTOSTICHIDAE-
BATRACHEDRIDAE-Batrachedrid Moths
BEDELLIIDAE-Bedelliid Moths
BLASTOBASIDAE-
BOMBYCIDAE-
BUCCULATRICIDAE-
CARPOSINIDAE-
CHOREUTIDAE-Metalmark Moths
COLEOPHORIDAE-Casebearer Moths and Relatives
COSMOPTERIGIDAE-Cosmopterigid Moths
COSSIDAE-Carpenter Moths, Goat Moths
CRAMBIDAE-Grass Moths, Snout Moths
DEPRESSARIIDAE-
DREPANIDAE-Hook-tips and Thyatirid Moths
ELACHISTIDAE-Grassminer Moths and Relatives
EPERMENIIDAE-
EPIPYROPIDAE-
EREBIDAE-Erebid Moths
ERIOCRANIIDAE-
EUTELIIDAE-
GALACTICIDAE-
GELECHIIDAE-Gelechiid Moths; Twirler Moths
GEOMETRIDAE-Geometer Moths, Loopers
GLYPHIDOCERIDAE-
GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE-Sedge Moths
GRACILLARIIDAE-Leafblotch miner moths
HELIOZELIDAE-Shield bearer moths
HEPIALIDAE-Ghost or Swift Moths
HYBLAEIDAE-
INCURVARIIDAE-
LASIOCAMPIDAE-Tent Caterpillar Moths, Lappet Moths
LECITHOCERIDAE-Long-horned Moths
LIMACODIDAE-Slug Caterpillar Moths
LYONETIIDAE-Lyonetiid Moths
MEGALOPYGIDAE-Flannel Moths
MICROPTERIGIDAE-Mandibulate Moths
MIMALLONIDAE-
MOMPHIDAE-Mompha Moths
NEPTICULIDAE-Minute leaf miners
NOCTUIDAE-Owlet Moths
NOLIDAE-
NOTODONTIDAE-Prominents
OECOPHORIDAE-Oecophorid Moths
OPOSTEGIDAE-
PELEOPODIDAE-
PLUTELLIDAE-Diamondback Moths
PRODOXIDAE-Yucca Moths
PSYCHIDAE-Bagworm Moths
PTEROPHORIDAE-Plume Moths
PYRALIDAE-Pyralid Moths, Snout Moths
SATURNIIDAE-Giant Silkworm Moths
SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE-Schreckensteiniid Moths
SESIIDAE-Clearwing Moths
SPHINGIDAE-Sphinx Moths
THYATIRIDAE-
THYRIDIDAE-Window-winged Moths
TINEIDAE-Clothes moths
TISCHERIIDAE-Tischerid Moths
TORTRICIDAE-Leafroller Moths
URANIIDAE-
URODIDAE-Urodid Moths
XYLORYCTIDAE-
YPONOMEUTIDAE-Ermine Moths
YPSOLOPHIDAE-Ypsolophid Moths
ZYGAENIDAE-
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Notodontidae Members:
Americerura scitiscripta
Baltodonta broui
Cecrita biundata
Cecrita guttivitta
Clostera albosigma
Clostera apicalis
Clostera inclusa
Coelodasys apicalis
Coelodasys unicornis
Dasylophia anguina
Dasylophia thyatiroides
Datana angusii
Datana contracta
Datana drexelii
Datana integerrima
Datana major
Datana ministra
Datana perspicua
Datana ranaeceps
Datana robusta
Datana unidentified species
Ellida caniplaga
Furcula borealis
Furcula cinerea
Gluphisia septentrionis
Heterocampa astarte
Heterocampa obliqua
Heterocampa umbrata
Heterocampa unidentified species
Heterocampa varia
Hyparpax aurora
Hyparpax perophoroides
Ianassa lignicolor
Lochmaeus bilineata
Lochmaeus manteo
Lochmaeus unidentified species
Macrurocampa marthesia
Misogada unicolor
Nadata gibbosa
Nerice bidentata
Notodonta scitipennis
Oedemasia concinna
Oedemasia leptinoides
Oedemasia semirufescens
Paraeschra georgica
Peridea angulosa
Peridea basitriens
Peridea bordeloni
Peridea ferruginea
Pheosia rimosa
Rifargia subrotata
Schizura badia
Schizura ipomaeae
Schizura matheri
Schizura unidentified species
Symmerista albifrons
Symmerista canicosta
Symmerista leucitys
Symmerista unidentified species
Symmerista
Members:
Symmerista albifrons
Symmerista canicosta
Symmerista leucitys
Symmerista unidentified species
46 NC Records
Symmerista canicosta
Franclemont, 1946 - Red-humped Oakworm Moth
view caption
Confirmed via specimen by Bo Sullivan
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
Notodontidae
Subfamily:
Nystalinae
P3 Number:
930128
MONA Number:
7952.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions:
Beadle and Leckie (2012)
Online Resources:
MPG
,
BugGuide
,
iNaturalist
,
Google
,
BAMONA
,
GBIF
,
BOLD
Adult ID Requirements:
Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map:
Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Flight Dates:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)
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Immature Dates:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Most of our records come from bottomland or mesic hardwood forests.
Larval Host Plants:
Larvae feed on members of the Fagaceae, including beech (
Fagus
), chestnut (
Castanea
), and oak (
Quercus
) (Wagner, 2005). -
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See also Habitat Account for
General Oak-Hickory Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks:
G5 SNR [S3S4]
State Protection:
Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments:
Photo Gallery for
Symmerista canicosta
- Red-humped Oakworm Moth
Photos: 4
Recorded by: Stephen Hall, Bo Sullivan, and Jim Petranka on 2022-08-29
Moore Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan on 2014-08-20
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Paul Scharf on 2010-08-20
Warren Co.
Comment: Confirmed via specimen by Bo Sullivan
Recorded by: Paul Scharf on 2010-08-16
Warren Co.
Comment: Confirmed via specimen by Bo Sullivan