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Species Apoda latomia - Western Rectilinea Slug Moth

Apoda rectilinea latomia - 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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