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Anisota senatoria
Females can be twice as large as males. Upperside of female is yellow-orange to yellow-brown; forewing has a white cell spot and varying amounts of scattered black specks. Upperside of male is reddish orange to brownish orange; forewing is narrow with a small white cell spot and a small whitish translucent patch.
Deciduous forests of Southern Maine west across the Great Lakes region to central Minnesota; south to central Georgia, central Alabama, central Mississippi, Louisiana, and east Texas.
Found on a crepe myrtle tree
Spotted on Jun 27, 2004
Submitted on Feb 12, 2012
3 Comments
Thank you, Livan. I will wait a bit to see if there are other suggestions and then edit the spotting.
This is one of the Royal Moths in the Genus Anisota. Either has not extended its wings yet and is freshly emerged from pupa, or most likely (as it looks a bit worn) Had a problem and the wings never developed. Seems to happen to this group. See other here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/321
strange!!