Symmerista leucitys, the orange-humped mapleworm moth, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in North America,[2] from southern Canada and the northern half of the United States east of the Great Plains.[3]
Symmerista leucitys | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Symmerista |
Species: | S. leucitys |
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Symmerista leucitys Franclemont, 1946[1] | |
The wingspan is about 35 mm. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Acer species.
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