Paraeschra tortuosa

Paraeschra tortuosa · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Notodontidae

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Paraeschra tortuosa
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY

Paraeschra tortuosa is a moth in the Notodontidae family. The species occurs in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Paraeschra tortuosa belongs to the prominent moth family Notodontidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is native to North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 7 of 51 states and DC. Most records: New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, Kansas, Wyoming.

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

Source: GBIF

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

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Paraeschra tortuosa photo 2
Photo: Tom Kennedy, CC BY
Paraeschra tortuosa photo 3
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY
Paraeschra tortuosa photo 4
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY
Paraeschra tortuosa photo 5
Photo: jimeckert49, CC BY

Same family (Notodontidae)

White-dotted ProminentWhite-dotted ProminentNadata gibbosaBuff-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 cropsSaddled ProminentSaddled ProminentHeterocampa guttivittaDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

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

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

Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.

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