Apatelodes torrefacta
Appearance
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Spotted apatelodes | |
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Showing faint brindling and singular white spots on each wing | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Apatelodidae |
Genus: | Apatelodes |
Species: | A. torrefacta
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Binomial name | |
Apatelodes torrefacta (J. E. Smith, 1797)
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Apatelodes torrefacta, the spotted apatelodes, is a moth in the family Apatelodidae.[1] 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.[2]
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.[2]
The larvae feed on Fraxinus, Prunus, Acer and Quercus species.[2]
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Museum Specimen
Sources
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Species Apatelodes torrefacta - Spotted Apatalodes - Hodges#7663". BugGuide. February 21, 2006. Retrieved December 3, 2009.