Red-humped Oakworm Moth
Symmerista canicosta Franclemont, 1946
Red-humped Oakworm Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/7281
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Tony Thomas (BugGuide, 2015): "Adults of species in the genus Symmerista are believed to be indistinguishable, except by examination of the genitalia. Fortunately, males can be recognized, without dissection, by examining the 8th sternite. This is the hard cuticle on the ventral surface of the last segment of the abdomen. The technique is briefly explained in Wagner’s Caterpillar book (p 21), combine this with brushing the scales of the last sternite (8th). S. leucitys has a deep, narrow emargination, whereas in the other 2 eastern species the emargination is shallower and wider."

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Symmerista canicosta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Symmerista
Species:
S. canicosta
Binomial name
Symmerista canicosta
Franclemont, 1946[1]

Symmerista canicosta, the red-humped oakworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from southern Canada to North Carolina, South Carolina and Mississippi.[2]

The wingspan is about 35 mm.[3]

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