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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) » Euclea » Nanina Oak-Slug Moth - Hodges#4697.1 (Euclea nanina)

Species Euclea nanina - Nanina Oak-Slug Moth - Hodges#4697.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Slug Moth - Euclea nanina Slug caterpillar moth? - Euclea nanina oak-slug cat - Euclea nanina Euclea nanina ? - Euclea nanina Nanina Oak-Slug Moth - Hodges#4697.1 - Euclea nanina Brown and yellow moth - Euclea nanina Brown and yellow moth - Euclea nanina
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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 Euclea
Species nanina (Nanina Oak-Slug Moth - Hodges#4697.1)
Hodges Number
4697.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euclea nanina Dyar, 1899
Phylogenetic sequence #141950
Identification
Identification of this species is difficult--see the discussion under various images posted for this species and E. delphinii.
Range
Distribution & Flight-period Chart (1)
See Also
Euclea delphinii - Spiny Oak-Slug Moth--very similar, perhaps not always distinguishable
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of live & pinned adults and larva (1)
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Cotinis on 12 February, 2008 - 8:57am
Additional contributions by Jason D. Roberts, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 9 July, 2016 - 10:50am

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