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Early Button Slug Moth
Early Button Slug Moth
Tortricidia testacea
Insecta
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
1 year
Size
Small
Diet
Herbivore
Activity
Nocturnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
North America
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Uncommon

About

Early Button Slug Moth, a warm-chevroned moth of the family Limacodidae, is found from Nova Scotia west and south to Manitoba, Missouri and Mississippi. Its larvae feed on the leaves of the Common Buttonbush plant.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A tiny ribbed egg laid on the underside of a host-plant leaf, hatching within days.
  2. 2.
    caterpillar
    A voracious caterpillar feeds and molts through several instars, growing rapidly.
  3. 3.
    cocoon
    A silk cocoon spun in leaf litter or soil while the body remodels into a winged adult.
  4. 4.
    moth
    A winged adult with feathery antennae and scaled wings, most active after dark.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Limacodidae
Genus
Tortricidia
Species
Tortricidia testacea