Purple-crested Slug Moth
Adoneta spinuloides (Herrich-Schaffer, 1854)
Family: Limacodidae
Subfamily:
Identification: Forewing light to dark brown with black feins and median streak. Pm. line white, wavy, expressed only toward costa and inner margin. Hindwing pale grayish brown.
Wing Span: 1.6-2.4 cm.
Life History:
Flight: May-September.
Caterpillar Hosts: Beeches, birches, chestnut, linden, Prunus species, willows, and other trees and shrubs.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: New Hampshire and Quebec to North Carolina, west to Missouri and Mississippi. Possibly ranges to Florida.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 229 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 05, 2024
Submitted by: Don Marotte
Region: Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 05, 2024
Observation date: Jun 21, 2024
Submitted by: Ozark_Bill
Region: Franklin County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Ozark_Bill
Verified date: Jun 23, 2024
Observation date: Aug 27, 2023
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Aug 30, 2023
Observation date: Jul 17, 2023
Submitted by: disteffv
Region: Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 18, 2023
Observation date: Jul 05, 2023
Submitted by: Steven Wilson
Region: Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 06, 2023
Observation date: Mar 24, 2023
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Mar 26, 2023
Observation date: Sep 13, 2022
Submitted by: Allen Belden
Region: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 13, 2022
Observation date: Sep 03, 2022
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Sep 08, 2022
Observation date: May 02, 2022
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: May 14, 2022
Observation date: Jul 05, 2021
Submitted by: dawittrock2231
Region: Wood County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Ilona L.
Verified date: Aug 16, 2021
Observation date: Jul 09, 2021
Submitted by: blueracer
Region: Ashland County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: Ohio97
Verified date: Jul 14, 2021
Observation date: Aug 22, 2020
Submitted by: CincyJeff
Region: Clermont County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: Ohio97
Verified date: Jan 18, 2021
Observation date: Jun 08, 2019
Submitted by: Rabdau
Region: Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Jan 15, 2021
Observation date: Jul 11, 2019
Submitted by: Gori88lla
Region: Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Mark Wheeler
Verified date: Dec 18, 2020
Observation date: Aug 17, 2018
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 26, 2020
Observation date: Jul 01, 2019
Submitted by: wade wander
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 26, 2020
Observation date: Sep 18, 2020
Submitted by: Cyrus Li
Region: Montgomery County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 24, 2020
Observation date: Jul 09, 2020
Submitted by: LadyAshleyR
Region: Garrett County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 06, 2020
Observation date: Jul 30, 2020
Submitted by: LadyAshleyR
Region: Garrett County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 02, 2020
Observation date: Jul 04, 2020
Submitted by: LadyAshleyR
Region: Garrett County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 23, 2020
Observation date: Jul 19, 2020
Submitted by: Jacksenzig
Region: Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Ilona L.
Verified date: Jul 19, 2020
Observation date: Jul 07, 2020
Submitted by: williamharmonlds
Region: Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 08, 2020
Observation date: Jul 06, 2020
Submitted by: franpope
Region: Garrett County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 07, 2020
Observation date: Jul 02, 2020
Submitted by: Howell_Curtis
Region: Harrison County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: Howell_Curtis
Verified date: Jul 03, 2020
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