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 97 - 120 of 227 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 22, 2009
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Paul Dennehy)
Region: Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 11, 2012
Observation date: Jul 11, 2009
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Paul Dennehy)
Region: Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 11, 2012
Observation date: Jul 01, 2005
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Paul Dennehy)
Region: Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 11, 2012
Observation date: Sep 19, 2011
Submitted by: mdolomieu1
Region: Greene County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig
Verified date: Oct 28, 2011
Observation date: Jul 16, 2011
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Mary Jane Seipler)
Region: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 19, 2011
Observation date: Jul 15, 2011
Submitted by: curtis.lehman
Region: Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 17, 2011
Observation date: Jul 02, 2011
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Margaret Higbee)
Region: Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 17, 2011
Observation date: Jul 02, 2011
Submitted by: ozcomomoths
Region: Ozark County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig
Verified date: Sep 12, 2011
Observation date: Jul 01, 2011
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hardin County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 21, 2011
Observation date: Jun 21, 2011
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hardin County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 22, 2011
Observation date: Jul 04, 2011
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Rory Bower)
Region: Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 14, 2011
Observation date: Jul 07, 2011
Submitted by: schmidts128@hot...
Region: Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 07, 2011
Observation date: Jul 28, 2009
Submitted by: Lula Field
Region: Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 07, 2011
Observation date: May 11, 1991
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Pollock, D.M.)
Region: Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (R.L. Brown)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 08, 1989
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Wright, D.J.)
Region: Menifee County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (R.L. Brown)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 23, 2004
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Patterson, R.L.)
Region: Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (R.L. Brown)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: May 02, 1996
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Pollock, D.M.)
Region: Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (R.L. Brown)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: May 21, 1996
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Brown, R.L.)
Region: Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (R.L. Brown)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: May 19, 1993
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Brown, R.L., Pollock, D.M.)
Region: Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (R.L. Brown)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jun 01, 1998
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Brown, R.L.)
Region: Pike County, Mississippi, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (R.L. Brown)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Apr 09, 1996
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Kergosien, R.)
Region: George County, Mississippi, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (R.L. Brown)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 27, 1992
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Brown, R.L.)
Region: Franklin County, Mississippi, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (R.L. Brown)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: May 03, 1998
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Kergosien, R.)
Region: Harrison County, Mississippi, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (R.L. Brown)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Aug 05, 2000
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Brown, R.L.)
Region: Baldwin County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (R.L. Brown)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
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