Tortricidia pallida

Tortricidia pallida, the red-crossed button slug, is a moth of the family Limacodidae described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.[1] It is found in eastern North America from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota and south to Louisiana.[2]

Tortricidia pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Limacodidae
Genus:
Tortricidia
Species:
T. pallida
Binomial name
Tortricidia pallida
Synonyms
  • Limacodes pallida Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Limacodes pallida flavula Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Tortricidia pallida flavula

The larvae feed on the leaves of many different types of shrubs and trees including beech, cherry, oak and willow.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tortricidia pallida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. "Record List | Public Data Portal | BOLDSYSTEMS". www.boldsystems.org. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  3. Wagner, David L. (2010-04-25). Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1400834143.


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