Black-rimmed prominent
The black-rimmed prominent is a moth that lives all across North America, from one ocean to the other. It flies at night from spring until autumn. Its caterpillars like to munch on poplar and willow leaves.
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Fun facts
With its wings open it measures about 4 to 6 centimetres.
One kind of this moth lives far away on the island of Taiwan in Asia.
Scientists once thought a moth from the Pacific coast forests was a different species, but it turned out to be the same one.
It is less common in the south-east of the United States than in other places.
Most asked questions about Black-rimmed prominent
?What does the black-rimmed prominent eat?
Its caterpillars eat leaves of poplar and willow trees.
?When can you see the black-rimmed prominent?
The moths fly from spring to autumn.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pheosia rimosa
- Named by
- Packard, 1864
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Notodontidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Notodontidae
- Lives on
- North America, Asia
- Also known as
- Fissured prominent, False-sphinx
Where the facts come from
- Pheosia rimosa (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Hsu Hong Lin. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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