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Genus Acharia

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

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)

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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

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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.

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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

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

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera)

Hadenine Notes and Descriptions (Phalaenidae, Leipidoptera)

By McDunnough, J.
The Canadian Entomologist, Volume 75, Issue 3, March, pp. 43-57, 1943

Available online from Cambridge University Press at this link.

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Contributed by Steve Morris on 30 January, 2023 - 11:34am

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