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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Apoda » Western Rectilinea Slug Moth (Apoda latomia)

Species Apoda latomia - Western Rectilinea Slug Moth

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Apoda rectilinea latomia - Apoda latomia Tortricidia pallida ? - Apoda latomia Rectilinea Slug Moth - Hodges#4668 (Apoda rectilinea) ? - Apoda latomia Rectilinea Slug Moth - Hodges#4668 (Apoda rectilinea) ? - Apoda latomia Apoda maxima ? - Apoda latomia Lithacodes fasciola? - Apoda latomia Apoda maxima - Apoda latomia Probably Apoda maxima - Apoda latomia - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Zygaenoidea (Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin)
Family Limacodidae (Slug Caterpillar Moths)
Genus Apoda
Species latomia (Western Rectilinea Slug Moth)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Apoda latomia (Harvey, 1875)
Limacodes latomia Harvey, 1875
Apoda maxima Dyar, 1927
Phylogenetic sequence #141200
► Formerly a subspecies of Apoda rectilinea, has since been given full species status (reference?).
Identification
Less well-marked and paler brown than A. rectilinea.
Range
West Texas to Gila County, Arizona
Remarks
See Bob Patterson's comment here:

UPDATE 2022 (1) BOLD currently retains both species pages for this taxon, which are now considered synonymous: [cite: ---> Epstein & Adams (2009: 163) in Powell & Opler.
Apoda latomia
Apoda maxima
Print References
Harvey, 1875. Descriptions of new Limacodes. Canadian Entomologist. 9: 75.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of pinned adult (2)
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (1)
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 11 July, 2015 - 2:48am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert Lord Zimlich, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 28 July, 2022 - 12:45pm

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