Moths of North Carolina
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View PDFNotodontidae Members: Oedemasia Members: 77 NC Records

Oedemasia concinna (J.E. Smith, 1797) - Red-humped Caterpillar Moth

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Notodontidae		Subfamily:
Heterocampinae		P3 Number:
930103		 MONA Number:
8010.00		 MONA Synonym:
Schizura concinna
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult Markings: The forewing is reddish in the male and gray in the female. The reddish patch in the male is shaded with blackish, with the area between the inner margin and median area the darkest. The small, black discal dot is the most obvious marking and is not overlain with a dark or greenish shading, as in Oedemasia semirufescens. A black basal dash is present in some individuals and absent in others and there is often some blackish dashes near the apex. The thorax is usually dark gray.
Wingspan: 30-35 mm (Forbes,1948)
Adult Structural Features: The eighth sternite in the males is notched (Forbes, 1948). The wings are shorter and more truncated than they are in Oedemasia semirufescens; the outer margin is often somewhat irregular and marked with a series of pale yellowish or brownish lunules.
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Oedemasia concinnaAlamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New%20Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

Click on graph to enlarge 		Image showing flight dates by month for High Mountains greater than 4,000 feet, Low Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain: adults.