Symmerista canicosta

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Symmerista canicosta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Symmerista
Species:
S. canicosta
Binomial name
Symmerista canicosta
Franclemont, 1946 [1]

Symmerista canicosta, the red-humped oakworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from southern Canada to North Carolina, South Carolina and Mississippi. [2]

The wingspan is about 35 mm. There is one generation per year, although there might be two generations per year in the south.

The larvae feed on Fagus , Castanea and Quercus species. They are gregarious. They have a bright orange head and black, yellow, orange and white pinstriping. The body is yellowish. Full-grown larvae drop to the ground in late September and pupate between rolled leaves in the litter. Some may overwinter as prepupal larvae. [3]

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