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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) » Heterogenea » Red-eyed Button Slug Moth - Hodges#4657 (Heterogenea shurtleffi)
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Button Slug moth - Heterogenea shurtleffi
Copyright © 2017 aubrey wiggins

Button Slug moth - Heterogenea shurtleffi
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
May 12, 2017

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Contributed by aubrey wiggins on 22 May, 2017 - 9:17pm
Last updated 23 May, 2017 - 7:29am

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A first for your state, congrats!
… Bob Biagi, 23 May, 2017 - 7:29am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you! I'd be interested
Thank you!
I'd be interested in how to separate these three species.
I appreciate any feedback.

aubrey (a moth neophyte!)
… aubrey wiggins, 23 May, 2017 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

 
How to verify...
As far as I know, there are three species in the genus and this is the only species found in North America.
Some of the other Slug Moth genera are very similar, but the lines on the wings don't exactly match. Sometimes it's hard to be sure. (faint lines)
Look for the upside-down "P" shape on the back half of the wings, in the lateral views. Also, the fringe normally has some darkening.
The Red-crossed Button Slug, Tortricidia pallida is the only one that seems close, but they are usually much more pale in coloring, the lines are thicker and the wing shape has a flattened costal edge.
… Bob Biagi, 23 May, 2017 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you. That's perfect.
Thank you. That's perfect. Sometimes I just don't know what I'm looking for. You've been a big help. It wasn't long ago that I could not tell a black rat snake from a black racer. Now I can't figure out how that was ever a problem!
… aubrey wiggins, 23 May, 2017 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

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