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Limacodidae
57a0063 – 4654   Tortricidia flexuosa of authors (not Grote, 1880)
             Abbreviated Button Slug Moth
Distribution Data for Tortricidia flexuosa of authors
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Similar Species:
  • 4653 Tortricidia pallida - Marc Epstein (pers. comm., 2018) advises that we are currently unable to separate many of what we call Tortricidia pallida and Tortricidia flexuosa based on the larva, adult (including genitalia), and DNA. Furthermore, illustrations of the type of pallida, which is no longer extant, appears to be what we often refer to as flexuosa. At present, flexuosa represent all the 'morphs' (those that are heavily marked on the FW down to very little, but more on the yellowish side of things) and pallida represent the more pale, almost pinkish tan ones that have either a faint band or nothing on the FW.
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • flexuosa of authors not Grote 1880 (Tortricidia)
  • caesonia Grote 1880 (Limacodes)
  • Taxonomic Notes: (Limacodes) flexuosa of authors not Grote, 1880 is appended with "of authors" by Epstein & Fiesler (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023) to reflect the uncertainty in application of the name as it was described.
    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)
    • Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Wagner, D.L., 2005. Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press, 1-512.
    Tortricidia flexuosa of authors
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    Tortricidia flexuosa of authors
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