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Host plants include Redbud.
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A White Flannel Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/29/2016).
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Tyler Bell.
White Flannel Moth in Charles Co., Maryland (8/5/1997).
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John Glaser.
A White Flannel Moth larva in Howard Co., Maryland (8/25/2015).
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Richard Orr.
A White Flannel Moth caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (9/3/2017).
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Anthony VanSchoor.
White Flannel Moth larva in Carroll Co., Maryland (9/3/2021). (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A White Flannel Moth caterpillar in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/3/2013).
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Bob Williams.
White Flannel Moth in Charles Co., Maryland (7/14/2024). (c) paul dennehy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Paul Dennehy.
White Flannel Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/22/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
White Flannel Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/22/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Norape ovina | |
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| Adult | |
| Larva | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Norape |
| Species: | N. ovina
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| Binomial name | |
| Norape ovina (Sepp, [1848])
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| Synonyms | |
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Norape ovina, the white flannel moth, is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. In the United States, it is found from Washington, D.C. south to Florida, west to Montana and Texas. Its range extends further south through Mexico, Guatemala and Panama to Venezuela, Suriname and Bolivia.





Its wingspan is 27–33 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May and from July to October. There are two per year in the north, likely more in south.
The stinging larvae feed on hackberry and redbud.
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