Apoda y-inversum

Apoda y-inversum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Genus: Apoda
Species: A. y-inversum
Binomial name
Apoda y-inversum
(Packard, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Apoda y-inversum parallela

Apoda y-inversum, the inverted Y slug moth or yellow-collared slug moth, is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found in North America from Quebec and Ontario, south to Florida, west to Oklahoma and Mississippi.

The wingspan is 21–30 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.

The larvae feed on the leaves of beech, hickory, ironwood and oak.


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