Tortricidia testacea
| Tortricidia testacea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Limacodidae |
| Genus: | Tortricidia |
| Species: | T. testacea |
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| Tortricidia testacea Packard, 1864 | |
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The warm-chevroned moth (Tortricidia testacea) is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia west and south to Manitoba, Missouri and Mississippi. There is also a record from South Carolina.
The wingspan is 15-26 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.
The larvae feed on beech, birch, black cherry, chestnut, oak and witch-hazel.
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