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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) » Apoda » Inverted Y Slug Moth - Hodges#4667 (Apoda y-inversum)

Species Apoda y-inversum - Inverted Y Slug Moth - Hodges#4667

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 y-inversum (Inverted Y Slug Moth - Hodges#4667)
Hodges Number
4667
Other Common Names
Yellow-collared Slug Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Apoda y-inversum (Packard, 1864)
Limacodes y-inversum Packard, 1864
Size
Wingspan 21-30 mm.
Identification
Forewing orange to yellow; AM and PM lines dark brown, sometimes with dark shading between; two thinner lines form an X near anal angle.
Range
Eastern North America - Moth Photographers Group map (1)
Season
The main flight period is from May to August. (1)
Food
Dyar and Morton (1895) report larvae as uncommonly found on hickory only(2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars
Harrison G. Dyar. 1895. Journal of the New York Entomological Society.
3.Butterflies of North America
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 27 August, 2005 - 11:17am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Blocky
Last updated 27 January, 2021 - 10:06am

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