PROMINENT & Heterocampa MOTHS - Group #2

Another Small Heterocampa. These moths show up at my lights in small numbers 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 been reassigned to another genus (now Rifargia subrotata). 

Oblique Heterocampa. I have seen a couple of individuals in June and August.

Angulose Prominent. Very similar to Wavy-lined Prominents (above), but with some minor differences. Note that the PM line is straighter.

Drab Prominent. These moths are very difficult to tell apart from Saddled Prominents (above). The main difference is that a Drab Prominent has bronze scales on the tuft of its head (shown at left), whereas Saddled Prominents have an all-green tuft. 

Saddled Prominent. These moths are common at my lights. I find them every month from April through August, and I also have one late sighting on October 11th. 

Another Wavy-lined Heterocampa. These moths are also 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. 

This is another Angulose Prominent at my moth lights. 

This is the same Drab Prominent as above, but the bronze scales are not as apparent at this angle. Moths' scales can look very different in photos depending on the angle and lighting. Drab Prominents are less common than Saddled Prominents at my lights. 

Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth. I have seen a few of these moths at my lights in August and September. Not all of them have prominent black spots like this individual. There are different forms.  

Side view of a Small Heterocampa moth. 

Another Saddled Prominent. This one was photographed at Hocking Hills. 

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.   

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.