Black-blotched Prominent Moth
Oedemasia leptinoides (Grote, 1864)
Black-blotched Prominent Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/7300
Synonyms
Black-blotched Schizura Moth  Hodges #8011  Schizura leptinoides 
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113 Records

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Host plants include Black Walnut (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).

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Oedemasia leptinoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Oedemasia
Species:
O. leptinoides
Binomial name
Oedemasia leptinoides
(Grote, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Schizura leptinoides

Oedemasia leptinoides, the black-blotched schizura or black-blotched prominent, is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae (the prominents).[1] It was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864 and is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Oedemasia leptinoides is 8011.[2]

This species was formerly a member of the genus Schizura, but was transferred to Oedemasia as a result of research published in 2021.[3] Caterpillars engage in girdling, selectively damaging the area near the stem of the host plant. Host plants for O. lepinoides include Carya texana and Carya illinoensis. [4]

References

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  1. ^ "Oedemasia leptinoides Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  2. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Oedemasia leptinoides". Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  3. ^ Miller, James S.; Wagner, David L.; Opler, Paul A.; Lafontaine, J. Donald (2021). The Moths of North America, Fascicle 22.1B, Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion). Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 978-0979663352.
  4. ^ Trejo, Brianna K.; Gifford, Matthew E.; Dussourd, David E. (2021). "Energetic cost of girdling in a notodontid caterpillar, Oedemasia leptinoides". Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 15 (2): 161–170. doi:10.1007/s11829-021-09805-9. ISSN 1872-8855.

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