| Moths of North Dakota |
Noctuoidea Notodontidae: Nystaleinae |
Symmerista leucitys Franclemont 1946
| Common name: Orange-humped mapleworm Hodges #: 7953 Identification: Rfw 18.7 mm, with a pale streak from discal cell to apex; streak with white tooth, just distad of reniform, wider than high; s.t. line appears as a series of 'swept back' crescents in each cell.. Scape of antennae with long scale tuft, palpi prorect, longer than height of eye. Male with emargination of eighth sternite deeper than wide. Similar species: 7951, 7952, 7983, 8005. Distribution: southern Canada and northern half of United States east of the Great Plains. Hosts: Larval feed on Maples- Acer. Note: Prior to
1946, S. canicosta, S. leucitys and S. albifrons were
thought to be a single species then known as Symmerista alibfrons.
See
the Key to
Notodontidae of the Dakotas for separation of these three species.
The true S. albifrons does not occur in the Dakotas. |
MN. Clay Co., Moorhead Science
Larva, pic courtesy of James B. Hanson, USDA Forest Service, Forestry Images, Bugworld.org
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Forewings of S. canicosta (left) and S. leucitys (right): comparison of markings.
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