Black-etched Prominent Moth
Tecmessa scitiscripta (Walker, 1865)
Black-etched Prominent Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/7279
Synonyms
Americerura scitiscripta  Cerura scitiscripta  Hodges #7942 
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27 Records

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Status

Adults are rarely encountered at lights even in areas where the caterpillars are common (Miller et al., 2018).

Relationships

Larval host plants are primarily willows, including Coastal Plain Willow and Black Willow, and less often on Bigtooth Aspen and Quaking Aspen (Miller et al., 2018).

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Black-etched prominent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Cerurinae
Genus: Americerura
Species:
A. scitiscripta
Binomial name
Americerura scitiscripta
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Tecmessa scitiscripta (Walker, 1865)
  • Cerura scitiscripta Walker, 1865

Americerura scitiscripta, the black-etched prominent, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from Quebec west to eastern Alberta, south to Florida and Texas. The species was formerly placed the genus Tecmessa, and the genus Cerura, which is now restricted to the Old World.[1][2]

The wingspan is 25–40 mm. Adults are on wing from March to October depending on the location. There are one or two generations per year depending on the location.

The larvae feed on the leaves of cherry, poplar and willow.

A fairly ornate green caterpillar with dark brown head, white-pink dorsal stripe, and forked tail. Being held on a stick.
Caterpillar

References

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  1. ^ Schintlmeister, A. (2013) World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 11: Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera). Brill, Leiden, 608 pp.
  2. ^ St Laurent, Ryan A; Goldstein, Paul Z; Miller, James S; Markee, Amanda; et al. (2023). "Phylogenetic systematics, diversification, and biogeography of Cerurinae (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) and a description of a new genus". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 7 (2). doi:10.1093/isd/ixad004.
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