Kebnat
INSECTS

Abbreviated Button Slug Moth

Tortricidia flexuosa

Insects
Native
Abbreviated Button Slug Moth, photo 1 of 5
Abbreviated Button Slug Moth, Caterpillar
Abbreviated Button Slug Moth, Male

Butterfly or moth in the family Limacodidae.

There are 24 observations of Abbreviated Button Slug Moth in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Capitale-Nationale and Estrie, and it has been reported in 8 of the 17 regions. They peak in July.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie7
  2. Capitale-Nationale6
  3. Estrie4
  4. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  5. Montréal2
  6. Centre-du-Québec1
  7. Outaouais1
  8. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1

What the caterpillar eats

Northern red oakQuercus rubra
Sugar mapleAcer saccharum
Gray birchBetula populifolia

Similar species

Red-crossed Button Slug MothTortricidia pallida
Yellow-collared Slug MothApoda y-inversa
Early Button Slug MothTortricidia testacea
Red-eyed Button Slug MothHeterogenea shurtleffi
Yellow-shouldered Slug MothLithacodes fasciola
Jeweled Tailed Slug MothPackardia geminata
Shagreened Slug MothApoda biguttata