Polilla buck
Hemileuca maia
Polilla
Polilla satúrnida del este de Norteamérica cuyas orugas espinosas se alimentan de robles. Las larvas jóvenes pueden agruparse antes de volverse solitarias, y los adultos vuelan en otoño. Para apoyarla, conserva robles nativos y tolera algo de alimentación foliar primaveral.
Plan para esta especie
Conjunto de plantas aptas para Chicago, IL: primero plantas hospedantes y especialistas, luego plantas de néctar, fruto, semilla, follaje y refugio que también encajan con la lectura climática actual y de mediados de siglo.
5 relaciones esenciales / 0 plantas de apoyo
Enlaces hospedador/especialista: 5
Enlaces forraje/polinización: 0
Enlaces de refugio: 0
Roles de relación: 1
Roble negro
Esencial / Plantas hospedantes de larvas
Buck moth is an oak specialist strongly associated with dry, sandy and scrubby oak ground - exactly the upland habitat black oak occupies. Its communal spring caterpillars and autumn adult flight are one of the more visible insect events on an oak barren.
Roble rojo del norte
Esencial / Plantas hospedantes de larvas
Buck moth larvae feed on oak foliage; northern red oak is a representative native Quercus host within the eastern oak canopy this species depends on.
Roble poste
Esencial / Plantas hospedantes de larvas
Buck moth is an oak specialist of dry, sandy and scrubby oak country, and post oak barrens and savannas are among its characteristic habitats. Its autumn adult flight is one of the few conspicuous insect events on this kind of dry ground.
Roble blanco
Esencial / Plantas hospedantes de larvas
Buck moth larvae feed on oak foliage; white oak is a representative native Quercus host within the eastern oak canopy this species depends on.
Roble de bur
Esencial / Plantas hospedantes de larvas
Buck moth larvae feed on oaks (Quercus spp.); bur oak is included as a native Quercus support plant, but the relationship is kept plausible because the source is genus-level rather than bur-oak-specific.
Plantas en el catálogo
Plantas hospedantes de larvas · 5
Buck moth is an oak specialist strongly associated with dry, sandy and scrubby oak ground - exactly the upland habitat black oak occupies. Its communal spring caterpillars and autumn adult flight are one of the more visible insect events on an oak barren.
Buck moth larvae feed on oaks (Quercus spp.); bur oak is included as a native Quercus support plant, but the relationship is kept plausible because the source is genus-level rather than bur-oak-specific.
Buck moth larvae feed on oak foliage; northern red oak is a representative native Quercus host within the eastern oak canopy this species depends on.
Buck moth is an oak specialist of dry, sandy and scrubby oak country, and post oak barrens and savannas are among its characteristic habitats. Its autumn adult flight is one of the few conspicuous insect events on this kind of dry ground.
Buck moth larvae feed on oak foliage; white oak is a representative native Quercus host within the eastern oak canopy this species depends on.
Distribución
Este de Norteamérica, con registros concentrados desde el Nordeste y el Atlántico medio hasta el Sudeste y partes del bajo Medio Oeste.
Fuentes y citas
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Plotwright. (n.d.). Polilla buck (Hemileuca maia). Retrieved 2026, August 20, from https://plotwright.com/wildlife/hemileuca-maia
Fuentes utilizadas para este registro
Este registro se elaboró a partir de las fuentes de abajo.
BAMONA: Buck Moth Hemileuca maia
Species profile used for taxonomy, eastern range, adult flight context, and oak larval-host relationship.
BugGuide: Hemileuca maia
North American identification and seasonality cross-check for buck moth.
GBIF: Hemileuca maia
GBIF returns an exact accepted species match for Hemileuca maia at key 1865313.
iNaturalist: Hemileuca maia
iNaturalist taxon 122256 is the species Hemileuca maia, the coastal barrens buck moth.