tulip-tree

That looks like a tulip-tree beauty, Epimecis hortaria.

Moth on the kitchen window AYDIN 2008

In youth, the tulip-tree, or Liriodendron Tulipiferum, the most magnificent of American foresters, has a trunk peculiarly smooth, and often rises to a great height without lateral branches; but, in its riper age, the bark becomes gnarled and uneven, while many short limbs make their appearance on the stem.

The Gold-Bug 2006

"Come! we must go back," said the latter, "the game's not up yet;" and he again led the way to the tulip-tree.

The Gold-Bug 2006

The hideous creature, instead of rushing on its prey, had beaten a sudden retreat and taken refuge in the upper branches of the tulip-tree, for a formidable enemy menaced its stronghold.

From the Earth to the Moon 2003

In the centre of the road stood an enormous tulip-tree, which towered like a giant above all the other trees of the neighborhood, and formed a kind of landmark.

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon 2002

Seen at a distance, the tulip-tree and the black-walnut-tree look very much alike; but upon approaching them the superior symmetry and beauty of the former are at once discovered.

Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Various

The tulip-tree is of such colossal size and it branches so high above ground that it is little wonder few persons, even of those most used to the woods, ever see its bloom, which is commonly enveloped in a mass of large, dark leaves.

Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Various

The Indians knew the value of the tulip-tree as well as its beauty.

Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Various

I have been surprised to find so little about the tulip-tree in our literature.

Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Various

The inner bark of the tulip-tree has the wildest of all wild tastes, a peculiarly grateful flavor when taken infinitesimally, something more savage than sassafras or spice-wood, and full of all manner of bitter hints and astringent threatenings: it has long been used as the very best appetizer for horses in the early spring, and it is equally good for man.

Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Various