Maryland Biodiversity Project - Four-spotted Gluphisia Moth (Gluphisia avimacula)

Four-spotted Gluphisia Moth Gluphisia avimacula Hudson, 1891

Synonyms: Hodges #7933.

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Lepidoptera > Family Notodontidae > Genus Gluphisia Four-spotted Gluphisia Moth - Gluphisia avimacula - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/7275

"Rare in MD. A northern species, perhaps at or near its southern range limit in MD" (Glaser, 2005).

Larval host plants are Quaking Aspen, possibly Bigtooth Aspen, and possibly other poplar species (Miller et al., 2018).

There are 6 records in the project database.

A Four-spotted Gluphisia Moth collected in Garrett Co., Maryland (3/23/1990). Photo by John Glaser. (MBP list)

A Four-spotted Gluphisia Moth in Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (5/1/2010). Determined by Maury J. Heiman/BugGuide. Photo by Tom Murray. (MBP list)

A Four-spotted Gluphisia Moth in Worcester Co., Massachusetts (5/7/2004). Determined by Bob Patterson/BugGuide. Photo by Tom Murray. (MBP list)

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