Bug FAQDrab Prominent
Misogada unicolor · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Notodontidae
Also called: Drab Prominent Moth
Source: Wikipedia
The drab prominent moth has a wingspan of about 45 mm. It lives across North America from eastern Canada down to Florida and west to Texas and Saskatchewan. Its caterpillars eat leaves of poplar (section Aigeiros) and plane trees.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The species is Misogada unicolor, commonly called the drab prominent.
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Size
Adults have a wingspan of roughly 45 mm.
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Where it lives
It is found in North America.
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What it eats
The larvae feed on poplar species in the Aigeiros section and on plane trees.
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Life cycle
There are two to three generations each year.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 33 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Questions people ask
What trees do the drab prominent larvae eat?
The caterpillars feed on poplar (section Aigeiros) and plane trees.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Notodontidae)
White-dotted ProminentNadata gibbosaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Buff-tipPhalera bucephalaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Common Gluphisia MothGluphisia septentrionis
Pine Processionary-mothThaumetopoea pityocampaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Walnut Caterpillar MothDatana integerrimaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Unicorn ProminentCoelodasys unicornisDamages trees, gardens or cropsSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogada
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