Kebnat
INSECTS

White-dotted Prominent

Nadata gibbosa

Insects
Native
White-dotted Prominent, photo 1 of 5
White-dotted Prominent, Caterpillar
White-dotted Prominent, Eggs
5 cmWingspan

Butterfly or moth in the family Notodontidae with a wingspan of 5 cm. Feeds on plants.

There are 346 observations of White-dotted Prominent in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Capitale-Nationale and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and July and become rare from September to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue59
  2. Capitale-Nationale56
  3. Outaouais40
  4. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine33
  5. Bas-Saint-Laurent21
  6. Estrie21
  7. Montérégie20
  8. Côte-Nord20
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean19
  10. Laurentides15
  11. Nord-du-Québec12
  12. Lanaudière12
  13. Chaudière-Appalaches9
  14. Mauricie8
  15. Centre-du-Québec1

What the caterpillar eats

Paper birchBetula papyrifera
American beechFagus grandifolia
Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides
White oakQuercus alba
Northern red oakQuercus rubra
Yellow birchBetula alleghaniensis
White ashFraxinus americana
Sugar mapleAcer saccharum
Bur oakQuercus macrocarpa
TOXIC
Red mapleAcer rubrum
SaskatoonAmelanchier alnifolia
Gray alderAlnus incana

Similar species

Georgian ProminentParaeschra georgica
American Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidoides
Saddled ProminentCecrita guttivitta
Forest Tent Caterpillar MothMalacosoma disstria
Spotted Phosphila MothPhosphila miselioides
Wedgling MothGalgula partita
Small WhitePieris rapae
Abbott's SphinxSphecodina abbottii
American Dun-bar MothCosmia calami
Scalloped SallowEucirroedia pampina
Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar MothLochmaeus manteo
Angulose ProminentPeridea angulosa