Prominent Moths

The Prominent Moth family has nine subfamilies and 138 species in 43 genera in North America. The moths are medium-sized, stout-bodied and mostly colored brown and gray. Some of the larvae feed in groups on leaves usually in the early instars. The winter is spent as a mature larva or as a pupa in soil or leaf litter.

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• GEORGIAN PROMINENT
• WHITE-STREAKED PROMINENT
• GRAY FURCULA
• RED-WASHED PROMINENT
• VARIABLE OAKLEAF CATERPILLAR MOTH
• BLACK-BLOTCHED SCHIZURA
• RED-HUMPED CATERPILLAR MOTH
• WALNUT CATERPILLAR MOTH
• YELLOW-NECKED CATERPILLAR MOTH
• ANGUS’ DATANA
• SPOTTED DATANA
• CONTRACTED DATANA
• UNICORN PROMINENT
• MORNING-GLORY PROMINENT
• COMMON GLUPHISIA
• SMALL HETEROCAMPA
• DOUBLE-LINED PROMINENT
• LINDEN PROMINENT
• WHITE-DOTTED PROMINENT
• DOUBLE-TOOTHED PROMINENT
• WHITE-BLOTCHED HETEROCAMPA