Genus Acoloithus

Classification · Numbers · Range · Internet References

Clemens' False Skeletonizer Moth - Acoloithus falsarius

Black moth with red neck - Acoloithus falsarius

Clemens' False Skeletonizer - Hodges #4629 - Acoloithus falsarius

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Zygaenoidea

Family Zygaenidae (Leaf Skeletonizer Moths)

Genus Acoloithus

Numbers

3 species in North America (nearctica.com)

Range

Arizona to Florida and north to Maryland and Illinois

Internet References

live adult images of A. falsarius (Bob Patterson, Maryland)

pinned adult image of A. rectarius (U. of Arizona)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 15 March, 2005 - 4:25am

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