Oblique Heterocampa Moth

Heterocampa obliqua · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Notodontidae

Also called: Oblique Heterocampa, Oblique Prominent

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Oblique Heterocampa Moth
Photo: Teá Montagna, CC BY

The oblique heterocampa moth belongs to the Notodontidae family. It lives in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Heterocampa obliqua is a moth in the prominent family.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

This species is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 34 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Massachusetts, Alabama, Florida, Texas, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in United States; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Oblique Heterocampa Moth photo 3
Photo: Teá Montagna, CC BY
Oblique Heterocampa Moth photo 4
Photo: Teá Montagna, CC BY
Oblique Heterocampa Moth photo 5
Photo: Teá Montagna, CC BY
Oblique Heterocampa Moth photo 6
Photo: Teá Montagna, CC BY

Same family (Notodontidae)

White-dotted ProminentWhite-dotted ProminentNadata gibbosaDamages trees, gardens or cropsBuff-tipBuff-tipPhalera bucephalaDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Gluphisia MothCommon Gluphisia MothGluphisia septentrionisPine Processionary-mothPine Processionary-mothThaumetopoea pityocampaDamages trees, gardens or cropsWalnut Caterpillar MothWalnut Caterpillar MothDatana integerrimaDamages trees, gardens or cropsUnicorn ProminentUnicorn ProminentCoelodasys unicornisDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterocampa_obliqua

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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