White-headed Prominent and Allies

Symmerista albifrons · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Notodontidae

Also called: White-headed Prominent, White-headed Prominent Moth

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
White-headed Prominent and Allies
Photo: Laura Gaudette, CC BY

The white-headed prominent, also called the orange-humped oakworm, is a moth found in North America. Its habitat and native range are both listed as North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is native to North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 36 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Vermont, Texas, North Carolina, Maryland, Massachusetts, Louisiana, Alabama, Ohio.

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

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

White-headed Prominent and Allies photo 3
Photo: Steven Lamonde, CC BY
White-headed Prominent and Allies photo 4
Photo: Matt Pelikan, CC BY
White-headed Prominent and Allies photo 5
Photo: LJ Moore-McClelland, CC BY
White-headed Prominent and Allies photo 6
Photo: Steven Lamonde, 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/Symmerista_albifrons

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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