Black-etched Prominent Moth Tecmessa scitiscripta (Walker, 1865)    Synonyms: Americerura scitiscripta, Cerura scitiscripta, Hodges #7942.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Notodontidae   >   Genus Tecmessa   

Status:

Adults are rarely encountered at lights even in areas where the caterpillars are common (Miller et al., 2018).

Relationships:

Larval host plants are primarily willows, including Coastal Plain Willow and Black Willow, and less often on Bigtooth Aspen and Quaking Aspen (Miller et al., 2018).

There are 21 records in the project database.

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A Black-etched Prominent Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/5/2017). Verified by Kyhl Austin/BugGuide. Photo by Barbara Thurlow. (MBP list)

A Black-etched Prominent Moth. Photo by John Glaser. (MBP list)

A Black-etched Prominent Moth caterpillar in Harford Co., Maryland (9/5/2017). Photo by Bob Cammarata. (MBP list)

Black-etched Prominent Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Pam Perna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by PJ Perna via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Black-etched Prominent Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/21/2021). (c) mcnod, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by mcnod via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Black-etched Prominent Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Pam Perna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by PJ Perna via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Black-etched Prominent Moth in Florida (3/13/2007). Photo by Bob Patterson. (MBP list)

A Black-etched Prominent Moth caterpillar in Harford Co., Maryland (8/20/2017). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Black-etched Prominent Moth caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (6/26/2016). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Black-etched Prominent Moth caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (6/26/2016). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Black-etched Prominent Moth larva in Howard Co., Maryland (7/4/2016). Photo by Bob Cammarata. (MBP list)

A Black-etched Prominent Moth caterpillar in Baltimore City, Maryland (9/12/2006). Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

A Black-etched Prominent Moth caterpillar in Baltimore City, Maryland (9/12/2006). Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

A Black-etched Prominent Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (9/12/2006). Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

A Black-etched Prominent Moth caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (6/28/2016). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)


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