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INSECTS

Early Button Slug Moth

Tortricidia testacea

Insects
Native
Early Button Slug Moth, Adult male
Early Button Slug Moth, Caterpillar
Early Button Slug Moth, Female

Butterfly or moth in the family Limacodidae.

There are 131 observations of Early Button Slug Moth in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Capitale-Nationale and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and it has been reported in 13 of the 17 regions. They peak in June.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue51
  2. Capitale-Nationale14
  3. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine12
  4. Estrie11
  5. Montérégie10
  6. Bas-Saint-Laurent10
  7. Outaouais9
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches4
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean4
  10. Laurentides3
  11. Lanaudière1
  12. Mauricie1
  13. Montréal1

What the caterpillar eats

Gray alderAlnus incana

Similar species

Red-crossed Button Slug MothTortricidia pallida
Abbreviated Button Slug MothTortricidia flexuosa
Yellow-shouldered Slug MothLithacodes fasciola
Crowned Slug MothIsa textula
Jeweled Tailed Slug MothPackardia geminata