Butterflies, Moths, Dragonflies & Damselflies of Dayton, Ohio

PROMINENT & Heterocampa MOTHS - Group #2

Another Small Heterocampa. These moths show up at my lights from May through August. 

Wavy-lined Heterocampa. I find these moths at my lights from May through September. 

Small Heterocampa, also called the Small Prominent. It has also been reassigned to another genus (now Rifargia subrotata). 

Oblique Heterocampa at my home moth lights. 

Angulose Prominent. This species is very similar to the Wavy-lined Prominent (above), but has some minor differences. Note that the PM line is straighter.

Drab Prominent. These moths are very similar to Saddled Prominents (above), but Drab Prominents are less common at my lights. Note that this Drab Prominent does not have the row of dark dots near the bottom of its wings, unlike the Saddled Prominents above. 

Another Wavy-lined Heterocampa. These moths are sometimes called Wavy-lined Prominents, because they have been reassigned to another genus (Cecrita biundata). It is very confusing when species are reassigned and the common names need to change! 

Another Angulose Prominent. These moths come to my moth lights from May through August. 

Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth. Some of these moths have prominent black spots like this individual, but not all of them do. There are different forms.  

Side view of a Small Heterocampa moth. 

Another Drab Prominent. I have found a few of these moths at my lights in the month of June. 

Another Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth at my lights. This one has less prominent black spots. 

Eastern White-blotched Prominent. I have found a couple of these moths at Hocking Hills in the month of May, but I have not yet seen them at my home moth lights. 

Another Saddled Prominent. I find them every month from April through August, and I also have one late sighting on October 11th. 

Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth. I have seen a few of these moths at my lights in July, August, and September.

Eastern White-blotched Prominent on my fingertip. Photographed at Hocking Hills. 

Drab Prominents can have bronze-colored scales on the back of the head (left) and bronze bars on the abdomen (above). These features are not always apparent, but when present, they can be used to distinguish this species from the Saddled Prominent.