Tortricidia Pallida

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

Short description: Species of moth

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]

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

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Tortricidia pallida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=77840. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
↑ "Record List | Public Data Portal | BOLDSYSTEMS". http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_SearchTerms?query="Tortricidia pallida"[tax].
↑ Wagner, David L. (2010-04-25) (in en). Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1400834143. https://books.google.com/books?id=F8Ur63KP538C&q=tortricidia+pallida+larvae+feeding&pg=PA35.

External links

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Wikidata ☰ Q14497779 entry

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Tortricidia pallida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=77840. Retrieved April 23, 2018.

[2] "Record List | Public Data Portal | BOLDSYSTEMS". http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_SearchTerms?query="Tortricidia pallida"[tax].

[3] Wagner, David L. (2010-04-25) (in en). Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1400834143. https://books.google.com/books?id=F8Ur63KP538C&q=tortricidia+pallida+larvae+feeding&pg=PA35.

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