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Dryocampa rubicunda, the rosy maple moth, is a small North American moth in the family Saturniidae, also known as the great silk moths. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. The species is known for its wooly body and pink and yellow coloration, which varies from cream or white to bright pink or yellow. [ 2 ]
This is a list of butterflies and moths—species of the order Lepidoptera—found in the U.S. state of ... Rosy maple moth, Dryocampa rubicunda; Honey locust ...
The life cycle of the moth is much like that of any other Saturniidae species. It lays flat, light-brown eggs on the leaves of a number of host trees, preferring Ulmus americana (American elm), Betula (birch), Salix (willow), but also, more rarely, can survive on other trees, including: Quercus (oak), Acer (maple), Carya (hickory), Fagus (beech), Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust), Juglans ...
Acer negundo, also known as the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America from Canada to Honduras. [3] It is a fast-growing, short-lived tree with opposite, ash-like compound leaves.
Several Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) utilize the leaves as food, including larvae of the rosy maple moth (Dryocampa rubicunda); see List of Lepidoptera that feed on maples. Due to A. rubrum ' s very wide range, there is significant variation in hardiness, size, form, time of flushing, onset of dormancy, and other traits. Generally ...
Hydraecia micacea, the rosy rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found across the Palearctic realm from Ireland to Siberia (except the southern areas). It reaches Japan and is introduced to eastern USA, Quebec and Ottawa. Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5
Coenophila subrosea, the rosy marsh moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.The species was first described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. It is found from southern Great Britain, Italy and France, through central Europe north to Scandinavia, east to Russia, from Siberia to the Amur region, Ussuri and Sakhalin, south to northern China, east to Korea and northern Japan.
Eacles imperialis, the imperial moth, is a member of the family Saturniidae and subfamily Ceratocampinae. It is found mainly in the East of South America and North America , from the center of Argentina to south Canada . [ 1 ]