Tortricidia pallida
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Limacodidae |
Genus: | Tortricidia |
Species: | T. pallida
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Binomial name | |
Tortricidia pallida (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
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Tortricidia pallida, the red-crossed button slug, is a moth of the family Limacodidae described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.[1] It is found in eastern North America from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota and south to Louisiana.[2]
The larvae feed on the leaves of many different types of shrubs and trees including beech, cherry, oak and willow.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tortricidia pallida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ "Record List | Public Data Portal | BOLDSYSTEMS". www.boldsystems.org. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
- ^ Wagner, David L. (2010-04-25). Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1400834143.
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