Key features

• Coloration: Body and wings light green.  Front margin of front wings reddish to dark brown.
• Shape:  each hind wings extends into a long tail
• Wingspan: 7.5-10cm

When and where to find them

• Flight period in our area: mainly June
• Activity period: NOCTURNAL
• Host plants: White Birch, Alder, Beeches, Cherries

Links to more photos of this species

Butterflies and Moths of North America Flickr pool

BugGuide.net

Bugwood Network images

Kirby Wolfe photo collection

Links to more information about this species

Animal Diversity Web

Univ. of Florida Featured Creature

Eco-USA.net

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.