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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) » Packardia » Elegant Tailed Slug Moth - Hodges#4661 (Packardia elegans)

Species Packardia elegans - Elegant Tailed Slug Moth - Hodges#4661

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Elegant Tailed Slug Moth - Packardia elegans

4661 – Packardia elegans – Elegant Tailed Slug - Packardia elegans

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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 Packardia

Species elegans (Elegant Tailed Slug Moth - Hodges#4661)

Hodges Number

4661

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Packardia elegans (Packard, 1864)

Cyrtosia elegans Packard, 1864

Junior Synonym:

Packardia nigripunctata Goodell 1881

Size

FWL: 10-12 mm (1)

Identification

Adult: The forewings are peppery grey with indistinct white lines. ST line is marked with two black dots.(1) (2)

Range

North-eastern Missouri to Quebec and Maine, south to north-eastern Georgia. (1)

Food

Larvae feed on various woody plants, including beech, cherry and oak. (1)

Dyar reports "linden, witch-hazel, hop hornbeam, beech, maple, black birch, wild cherry, sour-gum, black oak, chestnut, hickory, and Leucothoe racemosa" (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – species page (4)

BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (5)

Wikipedia - brief description (1)

Works Cited

1.	Wikipedia

2.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

3.	The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars Harrison G. Dyar. 1895. Journal of the New York Entomological Society.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Dennis Profant on 1 January, 2006 - 2:57pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Will Cook, Robert Lord Zimlich, Blocky
Last updated 27 January, 2021 - 10:37pm

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