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INSECTS

Red-crossed Button Slug Moth

Tortricidia pallida

Insects
Native
Red-crossed Button Slug Moth, photo 1 of 5
Red-crossed Button Slug Moth, Caterpillar
Red-crossed Button Slug Moth, Male

Butterfly or moth in the family Limacodidae.

There are 83 observations of Red-crossed Button Slug Moth in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Montérégie and Estrie, and it has been reported in 11 of the 17 regions. They peak in July.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Outaouais25
  2. Montérégie18
  3. Estrie12
  4. Capitale-Nationale9
  5. Laurentides5
  6. Lanaudière4
  7. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine3
  8. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  9. Mauricie2
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches1

What the caterpillar eats

Sugar mapleAcer saccharum
American beechFagus grandifolia

Similar species

Abbreviated Button Slug MothTortricidia flexuosa
Early Button Slug MothTortricidia testacea
Yellow-collared Slug MothApoda y-inversa
Crowned Slug MothIsa textula
Red-eyed Button Slug MothHeterogenea shurtleffi