Family Apatelodidae (Apatelodid Moths)

Description of Apatelodidae

The Apatelodidae are a small family of moths of the Superfamily Bombycoidea. Changes in moth taxonomy indicate that the Apatelodid moths may be a subfamily instead of a family. Adults are medium sized, wingspan 3.2-4.2 cm. At rest, the wings are held relatively remote from the body in a flat, rooflike manner. Larvae are densely hairy and are external feeders that feed on a wide variety of broad-leaved plants, especially trees.

Subfamily: Apatelodinae (Apatelodines)

Apatelodes auduboni (Wagner & Knudson, 2014)

Apatelodes pudefacta Dyar, 1904

Apatelodes torrefacta Spotted Apatelodes Moth (J. E. Smith, 1797)

Olceclostera angelica The Angel Moth (Grote, 1864)

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Description of Apatelodidae

Photographs of Apatelodidae

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Subfamily: Apatelodinae (Apatelodines)

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Photographs of Apatelodidae

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta

The Angel Moth
Olceclostera angelica

Apatelodes auduboni

The Angel Moth
Olceclostera angelica

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta

The Angel Moth
Olceclostera angelica

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta

The Angel Moth
Olceclostera angelica

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta

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Family Apatelodidae (Apatelodid Moths)

Subfamily: Apatelodinae (Apatelodines)

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Photographs of Apatelodidae

Spotted Apatelodes MothApatelodes torrefacta

The Angel MothOlceclostera angelica

The Angel MothOlceclostera angelica

Spotted Apatelodes MothApatelodes torrefacta

Spotted Apatelodes MothApatelodes torrefacta

The Angel MothOlceclostera angelica

Spotted Apatelodes MothApatelodes torrefacta

Spotted Apatelodes MothApatelodes torrefacta

The Angel MothOlceclostera angelica

Spotted Apatelodes MothApatelodes torrefacta

Spotted Apatelodes MothApatelodes torrefacta

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta

The Angel Moth
Olceclostera angelica

The Angel Moth
Olceclostera angelica

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta

The Angel Moth
Olceclostera angelica

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta

The Angel Moth
Olceclostera angelica

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta

Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta