Moths of North Carolina

Scientific Name:	Common Name:		Family (Alpha):

View PDF	Notodontidae Members:	Symmerista Members:	47 NC Records
Symmerista canicosta Franclemont, 1946 - Red-humped Oakworm Moth

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) Click on graph to enlarge
Immature Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

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, Chestnut, and Oak (Wagner, 2005) - View

See also Habitat Account for General Oak-Hickory Forests

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S4

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

Photo Gallery for Symmerista canicosta - Red-humped Oakworm Moth