#3151 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

White-dotted Prominent

Nadata gibbosa

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Royal Tyler · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Kimberlie Sasan · CC BY-ND 4.0
3. © a f · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Mike Dufour · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Zach DuFran · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. McClendon Park Trail:© Kimberlie Sasan · CC BY-ND 4.0
8. West Olive:© Enya deFeijter · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Oklahoma, US:© Ben Gruver · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Paint Township, OH, USA:© Julie Hazen-Brown · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The rough prominent ( Nadata gibbosa ) is a moth of the family Notodontidae, possibly in the subfamily Notodontidae. It is also known as the white-dotted prominent and the tawny prominent . This common moth is found across North America from the northern boreal forests to as far south as Florida. It is most common in deciduous forests at some elevation. It is nocturnal but attracted to lights. The moths start to fly soon after dusk and return to...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 28,630iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
28,630 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by James Edward Smith in 1797 (229 years ago).