Black-blotched Schizura
Oedemasia leptinoides (Grote, 1864)
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily:
Identification: Forewing medium to dark gray with a sharply defined dark basal streak, diffuse blackish blotch near center of wing and usually paler brownish shading toward inner margin; AM and PM lines double, indistinct; pale gray or whitish rectangular patch at apex; hindwing dirty white in male, and gray in female
Wing Span: 3.5 - 4.2 cm
Life History: One or two generations per year.
Flight: April to September; earlier start in Florida.
Caterpillar Hosts: Leaves of apple, beech, birch, hickory, oak, poplar, walnut.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Canada: NS to BC; USA: ME south to southern FL west to MN and TX in wooded areas with a disjunct population in western SD.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
Taxonomy Notes: Oedemasia leptinoides (Grote, 1864), n. comb. in Becker (2014) (3), was formerly placed in the genus Schizura.
Alternate Scientific Names:
Achylodes thraso
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Verified Sightings
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Observation date: Aug 02, 2025
Submitted by: Melinda Bell
Region: Sumner County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Aug 02, 2025
Observation date: Jun 24, 2025
Submitted by: TJ in Derry
Region: Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 26, 2025
Observation date: Jul 17, 2025
Submitted by: TJ in Derry
Region: Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
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Verified date: Jul 26, 2025
Observation date: Sep 14, 2024
Submitted by: Ozark_Bill
Region: Phelps County, Missouri, United States
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Verified date: Sep 18, 2024
Observation date: Jul 26, 2024
Submitted by: CaroleM
Region: Elkhart County, Indiana, United States
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Verified date: Jul 27, 2024
Observation date: Jul 20, 2024
Submitted by: Ozark_Bill
Region: Crawford County, Missouri, United States
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Verified date: Jul 24, 2024
Observation date: Jun 29, 2024
Submitted by: Staci Gibson
Region: Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 17, 2024
Observation date: Jul 04, 2024
Submitted by: Ozark_Bill
Region: St. Francois County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Ozark_Bill
Verified date: Jul 11, 2024
Observation date: Jul 06, 2024
Submitted by: Ilse Gebhard
Region: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Jul 08, 2024
Observation date: Jul 19, 2022
Submitted by: Dave Webb
Region: Garrett County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 28, 2022
Observation date: Jul 01, 2016
Submitted by: gailmsn
Region: Benton County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: owlbyr
Verified date: Sep 15, 2022
Observation date: Aug 04, 2022
Submitted by: disteffv
Region: Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 11, 2022
Observation date: Jul 19, 2022
Submitted by: Allen B
Region: Fentress County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 10, 2022
Observation date: Aug 07, 2022
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Aug 10, 2022
Observation date: Jul 26, 2022
Submitted by: reupurtbones
Region: Warren County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 27, 2022
Observation date: Jul 21, 2022
Submitted by: Shane Miller
Region: Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 24, 2022
Observation date: Jun 08, 2022
Submitted by: Don Marotte
Region: Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 02, 2022
Observation date: May 31, 2022
Submitted by: JamieLynn
Region: Aiken County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Jun 03, 2022
Observation date: Jun 20, 2021
Submitted by: Quaker state mothing
Region: Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 24, 2021
Observation date: Aug 05, 2021
Submitted by: JMJaskula
Region: Brown County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 21, 2021
Observation date: Aug 18, 2021
Submitted by: Poc
Region: Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 19, 2021
Observation date: Aug 07, 2021
Submitted by: Colin Gillette
Region: Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 12, 2021
Observation date: Jul 21, 2020
Submitted by: MarkNenadov
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Apr 24, 2021
Observation date: Sep 04, 2020
Submitted by: CincyJeff
Region: Clermont County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: Ohio97
Verified date: Jan 31, 2021
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