Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Notodontidae
930082.1 – 7990.1   Heterocampa pulverea Grote & Robinson, 1867

© Ken Childs
Distribution: Eastern US and Canada - Miller et al. (2021)
Larva and
Host Plants:
Probably oak.
Similar Species:
  • Heterocampa umbrata is found in FL and southeastern GA. Forewing lines tend to be broken and poorly defined. Best separated by genitalia. - Miller et al. (2021)
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • pulverea Grote & Robinson 1867 (Heterocampa); Type locality: New York, Pennsylvania
  • nigra Chermock 1927 (Heterocampa); Type locality: [Pittsburgh, PA]
  • Taxonomic Notes: Heterocampa pulverea Grote & Robinson, 1867, rev. stat. in Miller et al. (2021), was formerly treated as a subspecies of 7990 Heterocampa umbrata Walker, 1855 in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist).
    References
    • Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2021. Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 79; pl. A-14, figs. 13-20; pl. 53, fig. 4 (♂ gen.); pl. 70, fig. 4 (♂ sternum 8); pl. 82, fig. 4 (♀ gen.); pl. L-13, fig. 4 (larva). - order
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Lynette Schimming
    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Lynette Schimming
    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Ken Childs
    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Bob Patterson
    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Matthew Roth
    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Chris Adam
    Heterocampa pulverea
    – © Jim Vargo
    Heterocampa pulverea
    - 45mm – © Jim Vargo
    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Marvin & Jo Smith LG

    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Bob Barber LG

    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Leslie Angel LG

    Heterocampa pulverea
    © James Reben LG

    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Bob Cammarata LG

    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Bob Barber LG

    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Troy Bartlett LG

    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Leslie Angel LG

    Heterocampa pulverea
    © Martha Reinhardt


    Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

    Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

    Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone