Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Saddled Prominent
Heterocampa guttivitta

Observation date: June 05, 2024
Submitted by: Susan McSwain
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Listed on Bamona as Heterocampa guttivitta but MPG lists it as Cecrita guttivitta. Found it climbing my barn wall. Assumed it had fallen out of the overhanging black walnut tree. I placed it on a walnut leaf, and it immediately began eating the leaf.
Status: Resident
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: June 13, 2024
Coordinator notes: Now <i>Cecrita guttivitta</i> Walker, 1855, n. comb. in Becker (2014). It was formerly in the genus <i>Heterocampa</i> in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist).
Checklist region(s): United States, Virginia, Nelson County