Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Georgian Prominent
Paraeschra georgica (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)


Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily:
Identification: forewing variably yellowish-beige to greenish-gray to grayish-brown or a patchy diffuse combination of those colors; AM and PM lines jagged, black, lined with white on side away from median area; large dull yellowish basal patch usually present; short black streaks in subterminal area near costa and near anal angle; triangular tuft of black scales midway along inner margin projects upward when moth holds wings in resting "tent" position. Hindwing white in male; gray in female
Wing Span: 3.4-3,7cm
Life History:
Flight: April to August in the south; May to July in north
Caterpillar Hosts: Leaves of oak (Quercus spp.)
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: New Brunswick to Florida, west to eastern California, north to Manitoba (absent from Pacific northwest)
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
Taxonomy Notes: Paraeschra georgica (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) was formerly in the genus Hyperaeschra, MONA Fascicle 22.1A: 75.
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