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Genus Acoloithus

Moth - Acoloithus falsarius Collared Moth and spittlemass - Acoloithus falsarius Clemen's False Skeletonizer - Acoloithus falsarius caterpillar - Acoloithus falsarius Grape Leaf Skeletonizer? - Acoloithus Acoloithus falsarius Clemens' False Skeletonizer - Acoloithus falsarius Acoloithus novaricus Moth observed 4-28-2020 9:55 pm southwest Hamilton County, Texas  - Acoloithus novaricus
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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 Zygaenidae (Leaf Skeletonizer Moths)
Subfamily Procridinae
Genus Acoloithus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acoloithus Clemens, 1860
Numbers
3 species in North America (1)
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)