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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACROLEPIIDAE-
ADELIDAE-
AMPHISBATIDAE-
AUTOSTICHIDAE-
BATRACHEDRIDAE-
BEDELLIIDAE-
BOMBYCIDAE-
BUCCULATRICIDAE-
CARPOSINIDAE-
CHOREUTIDAE-
COLEOPHORIDAE-
COSMOPTERIGIDAE-
COSSIDAE-
CRAMBIDAE-
DREPANIDAE-
ELACHISTIDAE-
EPERMENIIDAE-
EPIPYROPIDAE-
EREBIDAE-Erebid Moths
ERIOCRANIIDAE-
EUTELIIDAE-
GALACTICIDAE-
GELECHIIDAE-
GEOMETRIDAE-
GLYPHIDOCERIDAE-
GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE-
GRACILLARIIDAE-
HELIOZELIDAE-
HEPIALIDAE-
HYBLAEIDAE-
INCURVARIIDAE-
LASIOCAMPIDAE-
LIMACODIDAE-
LYONETIIDAE-
MEGALOPYGIDAE-Flannel Moths
MICROPTERIGIDAE-
MIMALLONIDAE-
NEPTICULIDAE-
NOCTUIDAE-Owlet Moths
NOLIDAE-
NOTODONTIDAE-
OECOPHORIDAE-
OPOSTEGIDAE-
PELEOPODIDAE-
PLUTELLIDAE-
PRODOXIDAE-
PSYCHIDAE-Bagworm Moths
PTEROPHORIDAE-
PYRALIDAE-
SATURNIIDAE-Saturniids
SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE-
SESIIDAE-
SPHINGIDAE-Sphinx Moths
THYATIRIDAE-
THYRIDIDAE-
TINEIDAE-
TISCHERIIDAE-
TORTRICIDAE-
URANIIDAE-
URODIDAE-
XYLORYCTIDAE-
YPONOMEUTIDAE-
YPSOLOPHIDAE-
ZYGAENIDAE-
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Notodontidae Members:
Clostera albosigma
Clostera apicalis
Clostera inclusa
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 biundata
Heterocampa guttivitta
Heterocampa obliqua
Heterocampa subrotata
Heterocampa umbrata
Heterocampa unidentified species
Heterocampa varia
Hyparpax aurora
Hyparpax perophoroides
Lochmaeus bilineata
Lochmaeus manteo
Lochmaeus unidentified species
Macrurocampa marthesia
Misogada unicolor
Nadata gibbosa
Nerice bidentata
Notodonta scitipennis
Oligocentria lignicolor
Oligocentria semirufescens
Paraeschra georgica
Peridea angulosa
Peridea basitriens
Peridea bordeloni
Peridea ferruginea
Pheosia rimosa
Schizura apicalis
Schizura badia
Schizura concinna
Schizura ipomoeae
Schizura leptinoides
Schizura unicornis
Symmerista albifrons
Symmerista canicosta
Symmerista leucitys
Symmerista unidentified species
Tecmessa scitiscripta
48 NC Records
Symmerista canicosta
Franclemont, 1946 - Red-humped Oakworm Moth
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Confirmed via specimen by Bo Sullivan
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
Notodontidae
Subfamily:
Nystalinae
P3 Number:
930128.00
MONA Number:
7952.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions:
Beadle and Leckie (2012)
Online Photographs:
MPG
,
BugGuide
,
iNaturalist
,
Google
,
BAMONA
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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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)
Wikipedia
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: 3
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