Common name: Georgian prominent. Hodges #:
7917
Identification: Rfw 17.9 mm, with tuft of scales at mid point along
inner margin. Thorax with a tuft of metallic scales behind ptagiae. Male
antennae pectinate, the pectinations gradually decreasing in size from
base to apex.
Similar species: generally similar to many species check family
characters- 8011,
8017.
Distribution: southern Canada and United States east of the Rockies.
Hosts: Larval feed on Oak-
Quercus.
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MN Becker Co. 8- VII- 1961.
R. W. Poole.
Antenna of ♂ H. georgica showing pectinate
conditions with pectinations decreasing in size towards apex.
Metallic scales on thorax of H. georgica.
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