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INSECTS

Common Gluphisia Moth

Gluphisia septentrionis

Insects
Native
Common Gluphisia Moth, photo 1 of 5
Common Gluphisia Moth, Caterpillar
Common Gluphisia Moth, Male

Butterfly or moth in the family Notodontidae.

There are 773 observations of Common Gluphisia Moth in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Estrie and Montérégie, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and July and become rare from September to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue197
  2. Estrie121
  3. Montérégie120
  4. Outaouais78
  5. Capitale-Nationale52
  6. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine48
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent32
  8. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean29
  9. Montréal20
  10. Lanaudière17
  11. Laurentides17
  12. Mauricie17
  13. Chaudière-Appalaches12
  14. Nord-du-Québec9
  15. Côte-Nord3
  16. Laval1

What the caterpillar eats

Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides
Paper birchBetula papyrifera
TOXIC
Balsam poplarPopulus balsamifera
Yellow birchBetula alleghaniensis
Black poplarPopulus nigra
American elmUlmus americana
ButternutJuglans cinerea
Bigtooth aspenPopulus grandidentata
Gray alderAlnus incana

Similar species

Four-spotted Gluphisia MothGluphisia avimacula
Lintner's Gluphisia MothGluphisia lintneri
Angulose ProminentPeridea angulosa
Brother MothRaphia frater
Saddled ProminentCecrita guttivitta
Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar MothLochmaeus manteo
Linden ProminentEllida caniplaga
Georgian ProminentParaeschra georgica
Northern Finned ProminentNotodonta torva
Spongy MothLymantria dispar
Mottled ProminentMacrurocampa marthesia
American Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidoides