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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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Heterogenea shurtleffi
Copyright © 2014 George Smiley

Heterogenea shurtleffi
Karnack, Harrison County, Texas, USA
May 28, 2014
Size: 6mm
Found feeding on Overcup Oak (Quercus lyrata).

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Heterogenea shurtleffi Heterogenea shurtleffi - male
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Contributed by George Smiley on 31 July, 2014 - 2:50pm
Last updated 1 October, 2019 - 5:46pm

H. shurtleffi
Excellent data on this moth! The adult is a male - not as commonly seen as females of this species! Note that when limacodid species remain as prepupae inside the cocoon until they pupate a week or so before the adult emerges. This is true of many tropical species as well, but not in all cases.

Do you have any other photos of the larva? I hope you find more, as I've never seen on of this species without a red patch on the dorsum.

Thanks!
marc.epstein@cdfa.ca.gov
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