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Family: Prominents (Notodontidae)
Family Description: The Notodontidae are members of the Superfamily Noctuoidea. These medium-sized moths have stout bodies and are typically drab--brown or grayish in color. Female prominents are generally larger than males. The proboscis varies widely; it is specialized in some species and reduced in others. When resting, prominents either hold their wings like a roof over the body or roll them, causing the moth to look like a stick. Larvae of some species are oddly shaped and look like parts of the host plant. Others are brightly colored and striped. Some are serious forest pests. Most prominents overwinter as larvae, pupating in a cell in the soil or in a loose cocoon on the ground in the spring.Sort method:
 Sigmoid Prominent (Clostera albosigma) |
| Angle-Lined Prominent (Clostera inclusa) |
 Clostera inornata (Clostera inornata) |
| Clostera strigosa (Clostera strigosa) |
| Clostera paraphora (Clostera paraphora) |
| Clostera brucei (Clostera brucei) |
| Clostera apicalis (Clostera apicalis) |
| Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth (Datana ministra) |
| Angus's Datana (Datana angusii) |
| Drexel's Datana (Datana drexelii) |
| Major Datana (Datana major) |
| Contracted Datana (Datana contracta) |
| Walnut Caterpillar Moth (Datana integerrima) |
| Spotted Datana (Datana perspicua) |
| Datana robusta (Datana robusta) |
| Datana modesta (Datana modesta) |
| Datana ranaeceps (Datana ranaeceps) |
| Datana diffidens (Datana diffidens) |
| Datana neomexicana (Datana neomexicana) |
| Datana chiriquensis (Datana chiriquensis) |
| White-dotted Prominent (Nadata gibbosa) |
| Nadata oregonensis (Nadata oregonensis) |
| Georgian Prominent (Hyperaeschra georgica) |
| Oval-based Prominent (Peridea basitriens) |
| Angulose Prominent (Peridea angulosa) |
| Chocolate Prominent (Peridea ferruginea) |
| Black-rimmed Prominent (Pheosia rimosa) |
| Elegant Prominent (Odontosia elegans) |
| Notodonta scitipennis (Notodonta scitipennis) |
| Notodonta pacifica (Notodonta pacifica) |
| Notodonta simplaria (Notodonta simplaria) |
| Double-toothed Prominent (Nerice bidentata) |
| Linden Prominent (Ellida caniplaga) |
| Common Gluphisia (Gluphisia septentrionis) |
| Gluphisia wrightii (Gluphisia wrightii) |
| Gluphisia avimacula (Gluphisia avimacula) |
| Gluphisia lintneri (Gluphisia lintneri) |
| Gluphisia severa (Gluphisia severa) |
| White Furcula (Furcula borealis) |
| Gray Furcula (Furcula cinerea) |
| Furcula nivea (Furcula nivea) |
| Furcula occidentalis (Furcula occidentalis) |
| Zigzag Furcula Moth (Furcula scolopendrina) |
| Furcula modesta (Furcula modesta) |
| Black-Etched Prominent (Cerura scitiscripta) |
| Cerura candida (Cerura candida) |
| Cerura rarata (Cerura rarata) |
| Nystalea indiana (Nystalea indiana) |
| Nystalea collaris (Nystalea collaris) |
| Nystalea ebalea (Nystalea ebalea) |
| Elymiotis notodontoides (Elymiotis notodontoides) |
| Hippia packardii (Hippia packardii) |
| Hippia insularis (Hippia insularis) |
| White-headed Prominent (Symmerista albifrons) |
| Symmerista canicosta (Symmerista canicosta) |
| Orange-humped Mapleworm (Symmerista leucitys) |
| Symmerista suavis (Symmerista suavis) |
| Symmerista zacualpana (Symmerista zacualpana) |
| Pentobesa valta (Pentobesa valta) |
| Black-Spotted Prominent (Dasylophia anguina) |
| Gray-Patched Prominent (Dasylophia thyatiroides) |
| Dasylophia seriata (Dasylophia seriata) |
| Notela jaliscana (Notela jaliscana) |
| Didugua argentilinea (Didugua argentilinea) |
| Afilia oslari (Afilia oslari) |
| Skewsia angustiora (Skewsia angustiora) |
| Cargida pyrrha (Cargida pyrrha) |
| Rifargia bichorda (Rifargia bichorda) |
| Rifargia lineata (Rifargia lineata) |
| Litodonta hydromeli (Litodonta hydromeli) |
| Litodonta contrasta (Litodonta contrasta) |
| Litodonta wymola (Litodonta wymola) |
| Litodonta aonides (Litodonta aonides) |
| Litodonta gigantea (Litodonta gigantea) |
| Litodonta alpina (Litodonta alpina) |
| Drab Prominent (Misogada unicolor) |
| Mottled Prominent (Macrurocampa marthesia) |
| Macrurocampa dorothea (Macrurocampa dorothea) |
| Heterocampa astarte (Heterocampa astarte) |
| Heterocampa astartoides (Heterocampa astartoides) |
| Heterocampa simulans (Heterocampa simulans) |
| Heterocampa rufinans (Heterocampa rufinans) |
| Heterocampa secessionis (Heterocampa secessionis) |
| Heterocampa varia (Heterocampa varia) |
| Oblique Heterocampa (Heterocampa obliqua) |
| Heterocampa cubana (Heterocampa cubana) |
| Small Heterocampa (Heterocampa subrotata) |
| Heteorcampa ditta (Heteorcampa ditta) |
| Heterocampa benitensis (Heterocampa benitensis) |
| Heterocampa belfragei (Heterocampa belfragei) |
| Heterocampa incongrua (Heterocampa incongrua) |
| White-blotched Heterocampa (Heterocampa umbrata) |
| Heterocampa averna (Heterocampa averna) |
| Heterocampa amanda (Heterocampa amanda) |
| Heterocampa lunata (Heterocampa lunata) |
| Maple Prominent (Heterocampa guttivitta) |
| Wavy-lined Heterocampa (Heterocampa biundata) |
| Heterocampa ruficornis (Heterocampa ruficornis) |
| Heterocampa zayasi (Heterocampa zayasi) |
| Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth (Lochmaeus manteo) |
| Double-lined Prominent (Lochmaeus bilineata) |
| Theroa zethus (Theroa zethus) |
| Praeschausia zapata (Praeschausia zapata) |
| Ursia noctuiformis (Ursia noctuiformis) |
| Ursia furtiva (Ursia furtiva) |
| Schizura biedermani (Schizura biedermani) |
| Morning-glory Prominent (Schizura ipomoeae) |
| Chestnut Schizura (Schizura badia) |
| Unicorn Caterpillar Moth (Schizura unicornis) |
| Schizura errucata (Schizura errucata) |
| Plain Schizura (Schizura apicalis) |
| Red-humped Caterpillar Moth (Schizura concinna) |
| Black-blotched Schizura (Schizura leptinoides) |
| Schizura undescribed species (Schizura undescribed species) |
| Red-washed Prominent (Oligocentria semirufescens) |
| Oligocentria alpica (Oligocentria alpica) |
| Oligocentria pallida (Oligocentria pallida) |
| Oligocentria coloradensis (Oligocentria coloradensis) |
| Oligocentria perangulata (Oligocentria perangulata) |
| White-Streaked Prominent (Oligocentria lignicolor) |
| Oligocentria pinalensis (Oligocentria pinalensis) |
| Oligocentria paradisus (Oligocentria paradisus) |
| Oligocentria delicata (Oligocentria delicata) |
| Euhyparpax rosea (Euhyparpax rosea) |
| Pink Prominent (Hyparpax aurora) |
| Hyparpax perophoroides (Hyparpax perophoroides) |
| Lirimiris truncata (Lirimiris truncata) |
| Astylis biedermani (Astylis biedermani) |
| Astylis species undescribed (Astylis species undescribed) |
| Pseudhapigia brunnea (Pseudhapigia brunnea) |
| Hemicerus cadmia (Hemicerus cadmia) |
| California Oakworm (Phryganidia californica) |
| Zunacetha annulata (Zunacetha annulata) |
