Red-crossed Button Slug - Tortricidia pallida

About 10 mm long. Tan forewings have an indistinct postmedian and subterminal line that are fused at the costa.

Attracted to a light in a rural area.

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Flown Kimmerling

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So pretty! Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Thanks! It had a nice shine. Posted 7 years ago
2. Ferdy Christant
  
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  Interesting how the wings are so strangely folded. Looks quite unusual, but it seems normal for this species based on other reference photos. Anyway, whilst viewing said photos, I came across the caterpillar and had to be sure you see it:
  
  https://www.flickr.com/photos/ozark_bill/30100654010/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/
  
  @Christine: excellent find! Posted 7 years ago
3. 1. Christine Young
    
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    It definitely looks unusual, and uncomfortable.
    
    And, whoa! I can’t believe that is the caterpillar for this tan moth!! Posted 7 years ago

The Red-crossed Button Slug

''Tortricidia pallida'', the red-crossed button slug, is a moth of the family Limacodidae described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854. It is found in eastern North America from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota and south to Louisiana.

The larvae feed on the leaves of many different types of shrubs and trees including beech, cherry, oak and willow.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Christine Young