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 start off gray and become a bright yellow color as they mature. They feed on Fraxinus, Prunus, Acer and Quercus species.[2]