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Apatelodes torrefacta

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Species of moth

Spotted apatelodes
Showing faint brindling and singular white spots on each wing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Apatelodidae
Genus: Apatelodes
Species: A. torrefacta
Binomial name
Apatelodes torrefacta
(J. E. Smith, 1797)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena torrefacta Smith, 1797
  • Apatelodes torrefacta var. floridana H. Edwards, 1886

Apatelodes torrefacta, the spotted apatelodes, is a moth in the family Apatelodidae. The species was first described by Smith in 1797. It is found in North America from Maine and southern Ontario to Florida, west to Texas, and north to Wisconsin.

The wingspan is 32–42 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August. There are two generations per year in the south and one in the north.

The larvae start off gray and become a bright yellow color as they mature. They feed on Fraxinus, Prunus, Acer and Quercus species.

Gallery

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  • Larva Larva
  • Museum Specimen Museum Specimen

Sources

  1. Kitching, Ian; Rougerie, Rodolphe; Zwick, Andreas; Hamilton, Chris; Laurent, Ryan St; Naumann, Stefan; Mejia, Liliana Ballesteros; Kawahara, Akito (2 December 2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6 (6). Supplementary material: checklist. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 5904559. PMID 29674935.
  2. ^ "Species Apatelodes torrefacta - Spotted Apatalodes - Hodges#7663". BugGuide. February 21, 2006. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
Taxon identifiers
Apatelodes torrefacta


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