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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) » Natada » Nason's Slug Moth - Hodges#4679 (Natada nasoni)

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

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Nason's slug caterpillar - Natada nasoni Natada nasoni - male Nason's Slug Moth - Natada nasoni - male Nason's Slug Moth - Hodges #4679 - Natada nasoni - male Hodges #4679 - Nason's Slug Moth - Natada nasoni - female Green Slug Moth caterpillar? - Natada nasoni Natada nasoni - Natada nasoni - male Natada nasoni
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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 Natada
Species nasoni (Nason's Slug Moth - Hodges#4679)
Hodges Number
4679
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Natada nasoni (Grote, 1876)
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.

Dyar reports: "black oak, chestnut, beech, and ironwood" (2)
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.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 27 December, 2005 - 7:55am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Blocky, PaleoJon
Last updated 11 July, 2024 - 5:13am

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