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Purple-crested Slug Moth - Hodges#4685 (Adoneta spinuloides)
Species
Adoneta spinuloides
- Purple-crested Slug Moth - Hodges#4685
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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
Adoneta
Species
spinuloides
(Purple-crested Slug Moth - Hodges#4685)
Hodges Number
4685
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Adoneta spinuloide
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Size
17 mm wingspan
Food
American Hornbeam, basswood, bayberry, beech, birch, black gum, cherry, chestnut, oak, willow and other woody plants
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1
)
Dyar recorded on "willow, oak, wild cherry, bayberry, linden, witch-hazel, chestnut, beech, and sour-gum (
Nyssa
)"
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2
)
Print References
Cowvell, p.410, plate 55#15
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3
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Wagner p.47,
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1
)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
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4
)
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System
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5
)
Works Cited
1.
Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
2.
The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars
Harrison G. Dyar. 1895. Journal of the New York Entomological Society.
3.
Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
4.
North American Moth Photographers Group
5.
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by
Troy Bartlett
on 11 March, 2005 - 12:02am
Additional contributions by
cotinis
,
Maury Heiman
,
marcie oconnor
,
Blocky
Last updated 27 January, 2021 - 11:02am