White-blotched Prominent and Allies

Heterocampa umbrata · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Notodontidae

Also called: White-blotched Heterocampa, White-blotched Heterocampa Moth, White-blotched Prominent

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White-blotched Prominent and Allies
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The white-blotched prominent is a moth in the Notodontidae family. It occurs in Florida and along the coast of Georgia.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The species is called the white-blotched prominent and belongs to the Notodontidae family.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 35 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas, New Jersey, North 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. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

White-blotched Prominent and Allies photo 2
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
White-blotched Prominent and Allies photo 3
Photo: Jacob Malcom, CC BY-SA
White-blotched Prominent and Allies photo 4
Photo: Deana Tempest Thomas, CC BY
White-blotched Prominent and Allies photo 5
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0

Questions people ask

Where is the white-blotched prominent found?

It lives in Florida and along the coast of Georgia.

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/Heterocampa_umbrata

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

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.

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