Key features

• Coloration: Predominant body and wing color is dull yellowish to beige.  Bottom wings have large black eyespots with a light center.  Bottom wings also have a black and a reddish line parallel to the bottom wing margin.
• Shape:  Top wings with a pointed tip, lower wings rounded
• Wingspan: 5-8 cm

When and where to find them

• Flight period in our area: late May through July potentially
• Activity period: NOCTURNAL
• Host plants: Birch, Cherries, Willow, Sassafras, Wisteria, Raspberry, Clover

Links to more photos of this species

Butterflies and Moths of North America Flickr pool

BugGuide.net

Bugwood Network images

Links to more information about this species

Eco-USA.net

Univ. of Florida Featured Creature

Butterfly fun facts

Sources
Tuskes, P.M., J.P. Tuttle, M.M. Collins. (1996) The Wild Silk Moths of North America: A Natural History of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, NY.
Covell, C.V. (2005) A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. Martinsville, VA.