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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Apoda » Shagreened Slug Moth - Hodges#4669 (Apoda biguttata)

Species Apoda biguttata - Shagreened Slug Moth - Hodges#4669

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Unfortunately, over-exposed - Apoda biguttata

Shagreened Slug Moth, 4669 - Apoda biguttata

Apoda biguttata (Shagreened Slug Moth) - Apoda biguttata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Zygaenoidea (Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin)

Family Limacodidae (Slug Caterpillar Moths)

Genus Apoda

Species biguttata (Shagreened Slug Moth - Hodges#4669)

Hodges Number

4669

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apoda biguttata (Packard, 1864)

Synonyms:

Apoda tetraspilaris Walker, 1865

Phylogenetic sequence #141225

Explanation of Names

For common name: Biology On-line says:

Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen (a type of leather).

Numbers

Five Apoda species are found in America north of Mexico.

Size

Wingspan 19-30 mm.

Identification

Range

Eastern North America.

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Habitat

Deciduous forests.

Season

Adults usually fly March through September.

Florida records for Febrauary.

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on deciduous trees: Carpinus, hickories, oaks.

Dyar reported: "Oak. Usually on Q. alba, less commonly on other oaks." (1)

Prepupal larva; adult

Print References

Covell, p. 409, plate 55 #25 (2)

Wagner, p. 41--caterpillar (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.

Maryland Moths

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - collection map and photos of pinned adults.

Works Cited

1.	The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars Harrison G. Dyar. 1895. Journal of the New York Entomological Society.

2.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

3.	Caterpillars of Eastern North America David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.

Contributed by Cotinis on 22 February, 2005 - 9:17pm
Additional contributions by Jason D. Roberts, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor, Blocky
Last updated 27 January, 2021 - 11:09am

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