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title: "Rosy Maple Moth"
description: "Dryocampa rubicunda — Insects & spiders. Dryocampa rubicunda, the rosy maple moth, is a small North American moth in the family Saturniidae, also known as the great silk moths."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/rosy-maple-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Rosy Maple Moth

> Dryocampa rubicunda — Insects & spiders. Dryocampa rubicunda, the rosy maple moth, is a small North American moth in the family Saturniidae, also known as the great silk moths.

- Scientific name: *Dryocampa rubicunda*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 35085
- Wikidata: [Q137502](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137502)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48094](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48094)

## Names

- en: Rosy Maple Moth
- es: Polilla Rosada del Arce
- fr: Anisote de l'érable

## Countries with the most observations

US (27589), CA (6553)

## Summary

Dryocampa rubicunda, the rosy maple moth, is a small North American moth in the family Saturniidae, also known as the great silk moths. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. The species is known for its wooly body and pink and yellow coloration, which varies from cream or white to bright pink or yellow. Males have bushier antennae than females, which allow them to sense female pheromones for mating.
As the common name of the species implies, the preferred host trees are maple trees. Adult females lay their yellow ovular eggs in groups of 10 to 40 on the underside of maple leaves. The emerging…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryocampa_rubicunda

## Photo

![Rosy Maple Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rosy-maple-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107278689

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rosy-maple-moth?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).