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Abbreviated Button Slug Moth - Hodges#4654 (Tortricidia flexuosa)
Photo#167842
Copyright © 2008
Jonas Insinga
Little yellow Moth -
Tortricidia flexuosa
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
August 7, 2007
Size: 1/5-1/4 inch?
Leaving your porch lights on during summer nights can bring you a surprising array of moths.
I haven't the vaguest idea what any of them are.
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Contributed by
Jonas Insinga
on 1 February, 2008 - 3:01pm
Last updated 16 August, 2021 - 3:51pm
Moved
Moved from
Tortricidia
.
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Charley Eiseman
, 9 October, 2009 - 11:27am
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Slug caterpillar moth
Check out the ones in
the guide
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tom murray
, 1 February, 2008 - 3:25pm
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Wait...
...So THAT'S a slug moth? >;
It's so tiny...
It's probably an abbreviated button slug.
I've seen caterpillars very similar to the ones shown.
plus the faint markings would seem to put it with those shown.
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Jonas Insinga
, 1 February, 2008 - 6:08pm
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