Pink Prominent

Hyparpax aurora · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Notodontidae

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Pink Prominent
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The pink prominent has a wingspan of about 30 to 36 millimetres. Adults are coloured with bright pink and yellow markings. It is a moth native to eastern North America. The caterpillars feed on oak (Quercus) and viburnum plants.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Adults display distinct pink and yellow colours.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

The wingspan ranges from 30 to 36 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Larvae eat leaves of oak and viburnum species.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It occurs in eastern North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 27 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, New Jersey, Michigan, Massachusetts, Oklahoma.

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

Pink Prominent photo 2
Photo: David George, CC BY
Pink Prominent photo 3
Photo: Teá Montagna, CC BY
Pink Prominent photo 4
Photo: drnancyjackson, CC BY
Pink Prominent photo 5
Photo: Teá Montagna, CC BY

Questions people ask

How big is the pink prominent?

Its wingspan is between 30 and 36 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

What colors does the pink prominent have?

Adults are pink with yellow markings.

Source: Wikipedia

Where is the pink prominent found?

It lives in eastern North America.

Source: Wikipedia

What do the caterpillars eat?

They feed on oak (Quercus) and viburnum plants.

Source: Wikipedia

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/Hyparpax_aurora

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

Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.

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