Species Tortricidia pallida - Red-crossed Button Slug Moth - Hodges#4653

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Red-crossed Button Slug - Hodges#4653 - Tortricidia pallida

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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 Tortricidia

Species pallida (Red-crossed Button Slug Moth - Hodges#4653)

Hodges Number

4653

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

described in 1854 by Herrich-Schaffer, who originally placed it in genus Limacodes

Numbers

2 subspecies: T. p. flavula; T. p. pallida

one of 3 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps

Remarks

Wagner (1) states that "there are no adult characters (including genitalia) that can be used to reliably separate the adults of the Red-crossed Button Slug from those of the Abbreviated Button Slug." He suggests that the two may in fact be the same species. Adults with more faintly patterned wings, and larvae with the lateral arms of the red dorsal mark extending all the way down the sides of the body, are considered here to be the Red-crossed Button Slug.

See Also

Tortricidia flexuosa

Internet References

live adult images by various photographers, plus common name reference (Moth Photographers Group)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Dennis Profant on 30 July, 2005 - 6:16pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, ceiseman, Blocky, PaleoJon
Last updated 6 September, 2021 - 4:52pm

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