Family Notodontidae (Prominents)

Description of Notodontidae

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.

Subfamily:

Afilia oslari Dyar, 1904

Astylis biedermani

Astylis species undescribed

Cargida pyrrha (Druce, 1898)

Cerura candida Lintner, 1878

Cerura rarata Walker, 1865

Cerura scitiscripta Black-Etched Prominent Walker, 1865

Clostera albosigma Sigmoid Prominent Fitch, 1856

Clostera apicalis (Walker, 1855)

Clostera brucei (Hy. Edwards, 1885)

Clostera inclusa Angle-Lined Prominent (Hübner, [1831])

Clostera inornata (Neumoegen, 1882)

Clostera paraphora (Dyar, 1921)

Clostera strigosa (Grote, 1882)

Dasylophia anguina Black-Spotted Prominent (J.E. Smith, 1797)

Dasylophia seriata (Druce, 1887)

Dasylophia thyatiroides Gray-Patched Prominent (Walker, 1862)

Datana angusii Angus's Datana Grote & Robinson, 1866

Datana chiriquensis Dyar, 1895

Datana contracta Contracted Datana Walker, 1855

Datana diffidens Dyar, 1917

Datana drexelii Drexel's Datana Hy. Edwards, 1884

Datana integerrima Walnut Caterpillar Moth Grote & Robinson, 1866

Datana major Major Datana Grote & Robinson, 1866

Datana ministra Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth (Drury, 1773)

Datana modesta Beutenmüller, 1890

Datana neomexicana Doll, 1911

Datana perspicua Spotted Datana Grote & Robinson, 1865

Datana ranaeceps (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)

Datana robusta Strecker, 1878

Datana sp. (Drury, 1773);(Grote & Robinson, 1866);( Hy. Edwards, 1884);(Walker, 1855);(Strecker, 1878) and others.

Didugua argentilinea Druce, 1891

Disphragis captiosa Draudt, 1932

Ellida caniplaga Linden Prominent (Walker, 1856)

Elymiotis notodontoides Walker, 1857

Euhyparpax rosea Beutenmüller, 1893

Furcula borealis White Furcula (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)

Furcula cinerea Gray Furcula (Walker, 1865)

Furcula modesta (Hudson, 1891)

Furcula nivea (Neumoegen, 1891)

Furcula occidentalis (Lintner, 1878)

Furcula scolopendrina Zigzag Furcula Moth (Boisduval, 1869)

Gluphisia avimacula Hudson, 1891

Gluphisia lintneri (Grote, 1877)

Gluphisia septentrionis Common Gluphisia Walker, 1855

Gluphisia severa Hy. Edwards, 1886

Gluphisia wrightii Hy. Edwards, 1886

Hemicerus cadmia

Heterocampa amanda Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

Heterocampa astarte Doubleday, 1841

Heterocampa astartoides Benjamin, 1932

Heterocampa averna Barnes & McDunnough, 1910

Heterocampa belfragei Grote, 1879

Heterocampa benitensis A. Blanchard, 1971

Heterocampa biundata Wavy-lined Heterocampa Walker, 1855

Heterocampa cubana Grote, 1866

Heterocampa ditta (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)

Heterocampa guttivitta Saddled Prominent (Walker, 1855)

Heterocampa incongrua Barnes & Benjamin, 1924

Heterocampa lunata Hy. Edwards, 1884

Heterocampa obliqua Oblique Heterocampa Packard, 1864

Heterocampa ruficornis Dyar, 1905

Heterocampa rufinans (Dyar, 1921)

Heterocampa secessionis Benjamin, 1932

Heterocampa simulans Barnes & Benjamin, 1924

Heterocampa subrotata Small Heterocampa Harvey, 1874

Heterocampa umbrata White-blotched Heterocampa Walker, 1855

Heterocampa varia Walker, 1855

Heterocampa zayasi (Torre & Alayo, 1959)

Hippia insularis (Grote, 1866)

Hippia packardii (Morrison, 1875)

Hyparpax aurora Pink Prominent (J.E. Smith, 1797)

Hyparpax aurostriata (Graef, 1888)

Hyparpax perophoroides (Strecker, 1876)

Hyparpax venus (Neumoegen, 1892)

Hyperaeschra georgica Georgian Prominent (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Lirimiris truncata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856)

Litodonta alpina Benjamin, 1932

Litodonta aonides (Strecker, 1899)

Litodonta contrasta Barnes & McDunnough, 1910

Litodonta gigantea Barnes & Benjamin, 1924

Litodonta hydromeli Harvey, 1876

Litodonta wymola (Barnes, 1905)

Lochmaeus bilineata Double-lined Prominent (Packard, 1864)

Lochmaeus manteo Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth Doubleday, 1841

Macrurocampa dorothea Dyar, 1896

Macrurocampa marthesia Mottled Prominent (Cramer, 1780)

Misogada unicolor Drab Prominent (Packard, 1864)

Nadata gibbosa White-dotted Prominent (J.E. Smith, 1797)

Nadata oregonensis Butler, 1881

Nerice bidentata Double-toothed Prominent Walker, 1855

Notela jaliscana Schaus, 1901

Notodonta pacifica Behr, 1892

Notodonta scitipennis Walker, 1862

Notodonta torva Northern Finned Prominent Moth (Hübner, 1803)

Nystalea collaris Schaus, 1910

Nystalea ebalea

Nystalea eutalanta (Dyar, 1921)

Nystalea indiana Grote, 1884

Nystalea superciliosa (Guenée, 1852)

Odontosia elegans Elegant Prominent (Strecker, 1885)

Oligocentria alpica (Benjamin, 1932)

Oligocentria coloradensis (Hy. Edwards, 1885)

Oligocentria delicata (Dyar, 1905)

Oligocentria lignicolor White-Streaked Prominent (Walker, 1855)

Oligocentria pallida (Strecker, 1899)

Oligocentria paradisus (Benjamin, 1932)

Oligocentria perangulata (Hy. Edwards, 1882)

Oligocentria pinalensis (Benjamin, 1932)

Oligocentria semirufescens Red-washed Prominent (Walker, 1865)

Pentobesa valta Schaus, 1901

Peridea angulosa Angulose Prominent (J.E. Smith, 1797)

Peridea basitriens Oval-based Prominent (Walker, 1855)

Peridea ferruginea Chocolate Prominent (Packard, 1864)

Pheosia rimosa Black-rimmed Prominent Packard, 1864

Phryganidia californica California Oakworm Packard, 1864

Praeschausia zapata (Schaus, 1920)

Pseudhapigia brunnea Schaus, 1901

Rifargia bichorda (Hampson, 1901)

Rifargia lineata Druce, 1887

Schizura apicalis Plain Schizura (Grote & Robinson, 1866)

Schizura badia Chestnut Schizura (Packard, 1864)

Schizura biedermani Barnes & McDunnough, 1911

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

Schizura errucata Dyar, 1906

Schizura ipomoeae Morning-glory Prominent Doubleday, 1841

Schizura leptinoides Black-blotched Schizura (Grote, 1864)

Schizura undescribed species

Schizura unicornis Unicorn Caterpillar Moth (J.E. Smith, 1797)

Skewsia angustiora

Symmerista albifrons White-headed Prominent (J.E. Smith, 1797)

Symmerista canicosta Franclemont, 1946

Symmerista leucitys Orange-humped Mapleworm Franclemont, 1946

Symmerista sp. (J.E. Smith, 1797); (Franclemont, 1946)

Symmerista suavis

Symmerista zacualpana (Draudt, 1932)

Theroa zethus (Druce, 1898)

Ursia furtiva A. Blanchard, 1971

Ursia noctuiformis Barnes & McDunnough, 1911

Zunacetha annulata (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)

Subfamily: Pantheinae (Pantheines)

Pseudopanthea palata (Grote, 1880)

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Description of Notodontidae

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Photographs of Notodontidae

Unicorn Caterpillar Moth
Schizura unicornis

Black-Spotted Prominent
Dasylophia anguina

Sigmoid Prominent
Clostera albosigma

Unicorn Caterpillar Moth
Schizura unicornis

Clostera apicalis

Spotted Datana
Datana perspicua

Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth
Lochmaeus manteo

White Furcula
Furcula borealis

Small Heterocampa
Heterocampa subrotata

Angus's Datana
Datana angusii

Angus's Datana
Datana angusii

Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth
Lochmaeus manteo

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Family Notodontidae (Prominents)

Subfamily:

Subfamily: Pantheinae (Pantheines)

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Photographs of Notodontidae

Unicorn Caterpillar MothSchizura unicornis

Black-Spotted ProminentDasylophia anguina

Sigmoid ProminentClostera albosigma

Unicorn Caterpillar MothSchizura unicornis

Spotted DatanaDatana perspicua

Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar MothLochmaeus manteo

White FurculaFurcula borealis

Small HeterocampaHeterocampa subrotata

Angus's DatanaDatana angusii

Angus's DatanaDatana angusii

Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar MothLochmaeus manteo

Unicorn Caterpillar Moth
Schizura unicornis

Black-Spotted Prominent
Dasylophia anguina

Sigmoid Prominent
Clostera albosigma

Unicorn Caterpillar Moth
Schizura unicornis

Spotted Datana
Datana perspicua

Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth
Lochmaeus manteo

White Furcula
Furcula borealis

Small Heterocampa
Heterocampa subrotata

Angus's Datana
Datana angusii

Angus's Datana
Datana angusii

Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth
Lochmaeus manteo