Saddled prominent moth

Heterocampa guttivitta

''Heterocampa guttivitta'', the saddled prominent moth, is a species of moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Saddled Prominent (Heterocampa guttivitta) At a 365 + 395 UV light setup at a mixed forest edge.
 Geotagged,Heterocampa guttivitta,Moth Week 2021,Saddled prominent moth,Summer,United States

Appearance

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are brownish to greenish grey with white or black spots on the forewings. There is one generation per year.
Saddled Prominent (Heterocampa guttivitta) At a 365nm UV light at a dense mixed forest edge.  Geotagged,Heterocampa guttivitta,Saddled prominent moth,Summer,United States

Food

The larvae feed on the foliage of a wide range of woody plants, including apple, birch, blueberry, dogwood, hazel, maple, oak, sumac and walnut. The first two instars cling to silken feeding mats on the underside of the leaf. They skeletonize the leaf leaving only a few major veins. Later instars feed on the outside of the leaf consuming all the tissue except major veins. The species overwinters in the pupal stage in a cocoon buried in leaf litter on the ground.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNotodontidae
GenusHeterocampa
SpeciesH. guttivitta