Species Lithacodes fasciola - Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth - Hodges#4665

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Yellow-shouldered Slug - Lithacodes fasciola

Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth - Lithacodes fasciola

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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 Limacodidae (Slug Caterpillar Moths)

Genus Lithacodes

Species fasciola (Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth - Hodges#4665)

Hodges Number

4665

Other Common Names

Ochre-winged Hag Moth

Size

18-25mm wingspan (1)

Identification

Brown/orange forewing crossed by white toothed postmedial line. Dark subterminal line curves from pm. line to outer margin. (1)

Range

Common in eastern North America. (1) Covell does not remark about areas outside this range.

See Also

Lithacodes gracea

Print References

Covell, p. 409 & plate 55 #23 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths By Charles V. Covell

Contributed by Mike Boone on 28 May, 2005 - 2:19pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 12 September, 2009 - 2:58pm

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