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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Synonyms | |
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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]
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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Synonyms | |
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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]