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Limacodidae
57a0052 – 4657   Heterogenea shurtleffi Packard, 1864
             Red-eyed Button Slug Moth

© Mark Dreiling
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • shurtleffi Packard, 1864 (Heterogenea) - MONA 1983: 4657
  • shurtleffii Dyar, 1898 (Heterogenea) missp.
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Heterogenea shurtleffi
    © Mark Dreiling - DNA
    Heterogenea shurtleffi
    12mm - LG – © Jim Vargo
    Heterogenea shurtleffi
    15mm - LG – © Jim Vargo
    Heterogenea shurtleffi
    © Jim Vargo
    Heterogenea shurtleffi
    13mm - LG – © Jim Vargo
    Heterogenea shurtleffi
    © George Smiley LG
    on Oak (Quercus) 9mm

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