Parasa indetermina
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- Latoia indetermina (Boisduval, 1832)
- Latoia vernata Packard, 1864
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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.
Image:Stinging_Rose_caterpillars,_Megan_McCarty65.jpg
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Parasa-indetermina|title = Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth Parasa indetermina (Boisduval, 1832) | Butterflies and Moths of North America}} and possess numerous urticating hairs, from which they derive their common name.
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Category:Moths described in 1832
Category:Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Category:Moths of North America
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