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Parasa indetermina

Parasa indetermina, the stinging rose moth, is a moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found in the United States from New York to Florida, west to Missouri, Texas, and Oklahoma.

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Parasa indetermina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Genus: Parasa
Species:
P. indetermina
Binomial name
Parasa indetermina
(Boisduval, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Latoia indetermina (Boisduval, 1832)
  • Latoia vernata Packard, 1864

Parasa indetermina, the stinging rose moth, is a moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found in the United States from New York to Florida, west to Missouri, Texas, and Oklahoma.

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The wingspan is 23–30 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on apple, dogwood, hickory, maple, oak, poplar, and rose bushes.1 and possess numerous urticating hairs, from which they derive their common name.

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