Crowned Slug Moth
Isa textula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Crowned Slug Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/6604
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Isa textula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Genus: Isa
Species:
I. textula
Binomial name
Isa textula
Synonyms
  • Limacodes textula Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]
  • Limacodes inornata Grote & Robinson, 1867

Isa textula, the crowned slug moth or skiff moth is a moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found in North America from Minnesota, southern Ontario and Massachusetts to Florida, Texas, and Mississippi.[3]

The larvae feed on the leaves of various trees, including oak, cherry, maple, basswood, elm and beech.

Another moth, Prolimacodes badia, is also referred to by the common name skiff moth.

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