Spotted apatelodes
Showing faint brindling and singular white spots on each wing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Apatelodidae
Genus: Apatelodes
Species:
A. torrefacta
Binomial name
Apatelodes torrefacta
(J. E. Smith, 1797)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena torrefacta Smith, 1797
  • Apatelodes torrefacta var. floridana H. Edwards, 1886

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]

Sources

  1. ↑ Kitching, Ian; Rougerie, Rodolphe; Zwick, Andreas; Hamilton, Chris; Laurent, Ryan St; Naumann, Stefan; Mejia, Liliana Ballesteros; Kawahara, Akito (2 December 2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6 (6). Supplementary material: checklist. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 5904559. PMID 29674935.
  2. 1 2 3 "Species Apatelodes torrefacta - Spotted Apatalodes - Hodges#7663". BugGuide. February 21, 2006. Retrieved December 3, 2009.


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