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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) » Leaf Skeletonizer Moths (Zygaenidae)

Family Zygaenidae - Leaf Skeletonizer Moths

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
Orange-patched smoky moth - Pyromorpha dimidiata Harrisina coracina - Hodges #4622 - Harrisina coracina Orange-patched Smoky Moth - Hodges#4639 - Pyromorpha dimidiata Clemens' False Skeletonizer - Acoloithus falsarius Harrisina americana Harrisina coracina - Harrisina coracina Caterpillar - Harrisina americana Harrisina - Harrisina americana
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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)
Explanation of Names
From the type genus Zygaena, Greek for "a kind of shark." (1)
Numbers
25 species in 9 genera in North America. All North American genera in this family belong to subfamily Procridinae.
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
Contributed by Cotinis on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 July, 2014 - 6:45pm

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