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title: "Spotted Apatelodes Moth"
description: "Apatelodes torrefacta — Owady i pająki. Apatelodes torrefacta, the spotted apatelodes, is a moth in the family Apatelodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/spotted-apatelodes-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotted Apatelodes Moth

> Apatelodes torrefacta — Owady i pająki. Apatelodes torrefacta, the spotted apatelodes, is a moth in the family Apatelodidae.

- Scientific name: *Apatelodes torrefacta*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 11386
- Wikidata: [Q4248103](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4248103)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48262](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48262)

## Names

- en: Spotted Apatelodes Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (9825), CA (493), MX (45), CR (4), HN (4), GT (3)

## Summary

Apatelodes torrefacta, the spotted apatelodes, is a moth in the family Apatelodidae. The species was first described by Smith in 1797. It is found in North America from Maine and southern Ontario to Florida, west to Texas, and north to Wisconsin.
The wingspan is 32–42 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August. There are two generations per year in the south and one in the north.
The larvae start off gray and become a bright yellow color as they mature. They feed on Fraxinus, Prunus, Acer and Quercus species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatelodes_torrefacta

## Photo

![Spotted Apatelodes Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-apatelodes-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Elin Pierce · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25675

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-apatelodes-moth?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).