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 73 - 96 of 229 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 03, 2014
Submitted by: AllenRatz
Region: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Feb 05, 2015
Observation date: Jun 21, 2014
Submitted by: AllenRatz
Region: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jan 28, 2015
Observation date: Jul 21, 2014
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Jerry McWilliams)
Region: Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Dec 21, 2014
Observation date: Jul 12, 2014
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Steven Johnson)
Region: Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 30, 2014
Observation date: Jul 06, 2014
Submitted by: Audrey R Hoff
Region: Knox County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: Ken Childs
Verified date: Sep 06, 2014
Observation date: Jul 21, 2014
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hart County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 06, 2014
Observation date: Jul 26, 2014
Submitted by: ridgeboy
Region: Polk County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 31, 2014
Observation date: Jul 12, 2014
Submitted by: edenny
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: Lula Field
Verified date: Jul 29, 2014
Observation date: Jun 24, 2014
Submitted by: magnunc
Region: Howard County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 21, 2014
Observation date: Jul 19, 2014
Submitted by: Doug Bruce
Region: Anderson County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: Ken Childs
Verified date: Jul 21, 2014
Observation date: Jul 14, 2014
Submitted by: Leslie Warren
Region: Mahoning County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 16, 2014
Observation date: Jul 06, 2014
Submitted by: joeverica
Region: Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 09, 2014
Observation date: Jul 05, 2013
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 03, 2014
Observation date: Jul 18, 2013
Submitted by: Rangertsp
Region: Macon County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: Don Tangren
Verified date: Nov 02, 2013
Observation date: Aug 02, 2013
Submitted by: Paul Dennehy
Region: Lancaster County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 07, 2013
Observation date: Jul 18, 2013
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hardin County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 26, 2013
Observation date: Jun 29, 2013
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Ken Lebo)
Region: Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 10, 2013
Observation date: Jul 08, 2013
Submitted by: edenny
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 08, 2013
Observation date: Jul 09, 2012
Submitted by: K and G Campbell (Karen and Gary Campbell)
Region: Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 26, 2012
Observation date: Jul 18, 2011
Submitted by: Lula Field
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 16, 2012
Observation date: Jun 04, 2011
Submitted by: Ken Childs
Region: Chester County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: Ken Childs
Verified date: Sep 06, 2012
Observation date: Sep 17, 2011
Submitted by: JeanEvoy
Region: DeSoto County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 31, 2012
Observation date: Jun 16, 2012
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hardin County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 01, 2012
Observation date: Jun 27, 2012
Submitted by: Bob Kipfer
Region: Christian County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig
Verified date: Jul 03, 2012
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