Symmerista leucitys
Symmerista leucitys | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Symmerista |
Species: | S. leucitys
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Binomial name | |
Symmerista leucitys Franclemont, 1946[1]
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Symmerista leucitys, the orange-humped mapleworm moth, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in North America,[2] from southern Canada and the northern half of the United States east of the Great Plains.[3]
The wingspan is about 35 mm. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Acer species.
References[]
Categories:
- Moths described in 1946
- Notodontidae
- Moths of North America
- Notodontidae stubs