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Family Limacodidae - Slug Caterpillar Moths

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Field Guide to the Slug Moths (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) of West Virginia

By Tucker J. Cooley & Richard C. Reardon
USDA - Forest Service, 2022

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Contributed by John VanDyk on 16 March, 2023 - 2:03pm

The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars

By Harrison G. Dyar
Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 1895

Dyar, H.G. & E.L. Morton, 1895. The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars I. Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 3(4): 145–157, pl. I: Apoda y-inversa
Dyar, H.G. & E.L. Morton, 1896. The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars II. Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 4(1): 1–9, pl. I: Acharia stimulea (Sibine stimulea)

Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 27 January, 2021 - 1:15am

Combinations and Synonymies in New World Limacodidae, Megalopygidae, Lasiocampidae and Arctiidae (Lepidoptera)

By Epstein, M.E. & V.O. Becker
Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 10: 289-319, 1993

Available at SciELO here.

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 20 February, 2018 - 6:01am

The Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 2

By Becker, V.O. & M.E. Epstein. Limacodidae. in J.B. Heppner (ed.)
Association for Tropical Lepidoptera and Scientific Publishers, 128-133, 1995

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 20 February, 2018 - 5:42am

Descriptions of New Species of Moths of the Family Cochlidiidae

By Harrison G. Dyar
Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1550: 565-567, 1907

Available online here.

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 20 December, 2017 - 2:41pm

A list of North American cochlidian moths, with descriptions of new genera and species

By Harrison G. Dyar
Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 29(1423): 359-396, 1905

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 May, 2013 - 9:36pm

Checklist of the Big Thicket National Preserve (Texas Lepidoptera Survey publication #2)

By Charles Bordelon & Ed Knudson
Texas Lepidoptera Survey, 1999

Treats 1737 species, 15 color plates. Latest revision 2003, another revision in progress. Represents the fruits of over a decade's field work in the BITH by the authors, who have recently renewed their permit and expect to have over 1800 species documented for the region soon.

Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 3 September, 2008 - 9:13am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea)

Revision and phylogeny of the Limacodid-Group families, with evolutionary studies on Slug Caterpillars Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea

By Marc E. Epstein
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 582, 1996

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Contributed by Randy Hardy on 24 May, 2012 - 5:56pm

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