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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 ]
Promethia moth, Callosamia promethea Io moth, Automeris io - male; ... Rosy maple moth, Dryocampa rubicunda; Honey locust moth, Sphingicampa bicolor; Sphingidae.
7715 – Dryocampa rubicunda, rosy maple moth; 7716 – Anisota stigma, spiny oakworm moth; 7717 – Anisota manitobensis, Manitoba oakworm moth; 7718 – Anisota consularis, consular oakworm moth; 7719 – Anisota senatoria, orange-tipped oakworm moth; 7720 – Anisota peigleri, Peigler's oakworm moth; 7721 – Anisota finlaysoni, Finlayson's ...
Hyalophora cecropia, the cecropia moth, is North America's largest native moth. [1] It is a member of the family Saturniidae , or giant silk moths. Females have been documented with a wingspan of five to seven inches (13 to 18 cm) or more.
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 ...
Cadra cautella (Walker, 1863) (almond moth, tropical warehouse moth) Cryptoblabes bistriga (Haworth, 1811) Delplanqueia dilutella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Dioryctria abietella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796) (cacao moth, tobacco moth, warehouse moth) Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879 (Mediterranean flour ...
The rosy maple moth (Dryocampa rubicunda) also lays its eggs on the leaves of maple trees, including Acer negundo. The larvae feed on the leaves, and in very dense populations can cause defoliation. [23] Small galls are formed on the leaves by a bladder mite, Aceria negundi.
Trosia nigropunctigera, commonly known as the rosy ermine moth, is a lepidopteran in the family Megalopygidae native to the Neotropics. These moths have a wingspan of 45-60mm, and are distributed across Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador and Peru. [1] The species was first described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1982. [2]