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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Lochmaeus
Species:	L. bilineata
Binomial name
*Lochmaeus bilineata* (Packard, 1864)
Synonyms
Heterocampa turbida Walker, 1865 Lochmaeus turbida Edema associata Walker, 1865 Lochmaeus associata Notodonta ulmi Harris, 1869 Lochmaeus ulmi Lochmaeus bilineata f. boweri (Chermock & Chermock, 1940) Seirodonta exsanguis Dyar, 1906

Lochmaeus bilineata, the double-lined prominent moth, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in the eastern two-thirds of the United States and southern Canada, west to New Mexico in the south and Saskatchewan in the north.

The wingspan is 32–40 mm. Adults have grey to brownish-grey forewings. They are on wing from April to October in the south and from June to August in the north.

The larvae feed on Fagus, Quercus, Tilia, Betula and Ulmus species.

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