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Species Natada nasoni - Nason's Slug - Hodges#4679

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Nason's Slug - Natada nasoni Natada nasoni Nason's Slug Caterpillar - Natada nasoni Natada nasoni - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Zygaenoidea
Family Limacodidae (Slug Caterpillar Moths)
Genus Natada
Species nasoni (Nason's Slug - Hodges#4679)
Hodges Number
4679
Numbers
This is one of two Nearctic species in the genus.
Range
From Missouri to the Atlantic, and south to the Gulf of Mexico.(1)
Food
Larvae feed on beech, hickory, and hornbeams.
Works Cited
1.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
By David L. Wagner
Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 27 December, 2005 - 7:55am

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