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INSECTS

Tufted Bird-dropping Moth

Cerma cerintha

Insects
Native
Tufted Bird-dropping Moth, Adult
Tufted Bird-dropping Moth, Caterpillar
Tufted Bird-dropping Moth, photo 3 of 5

Butterfly or moth in the family Noctuidae.

There are 86 observations of Tufted Bird-dropping Moth in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 11 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and July.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie20
  2. Abitibi-Témiscamingue16
  3. Outaouais15
  4. Capitale-Nationale11
  5. Estrie8
  6. Laurentides7
  7. Lanaudière3
  8. Mauricie2
  9. Montréal2
  10. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  11. Laval1

What the caterpillar eats

PeachPrunus persica
European plumPrunus domestica
American plumPrunus americana
Black cherryPrunus serotina

Similar species

Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar MothLochmaeus manteo
White-ribboned Carpet MothMesoleuca ruficillata
Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia MothPseudeustrotia carneola
Exposed Bird Dropping MothTarache aprica
Titian Peale's MothPerispasta caeculalis
Double-lined ProminentLochmaeus bilineata
Fall Cankerworm MothAlsophila pometaria
Yellow-striped Armyworm MothSpodoptera ornithogalli
Cloaked MarvelChytonix palliatricula