Tortricidia testacea
The warm-chevroned moth (Tortricidia testacea) is a moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found from Nova Scotia west and south to Manitoba, Missouri and Mississippi. There is also a record from South Carolina.
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| Species: | T. testacea |
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| Tortricidia testacea Packard, 1864 | |
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The wingspan is 15–26 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.
The larvae feed on beech, birch, black cherry, chestnut, oak and witch-hazel.
See also
- Tortricidia pallida (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
- Tortricidia flexuosa (Grote, 1880)
- Tortricidia [1]
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