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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) » Lithacodes » Graceful Slug Moth - Hodges#4664 (Lithacodes gracea)

Species Lithacodes gracea - Graceful Slug Moth - Hodges#4664

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · 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 Lithacodes
Species gracea (Graceful Slug Moth - Hodges#4664)
Hodges Number
4664
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lithacodes gracea Dyar, 1921
Size
Wingspan: 19mm (1)
Identification
Adult: FW reddish brown, with a narrow, white rigid line, slightly oblique line beyond the middle, followed by a narrow purple brown border. HW dark ocher. (1)
Range
Distribution & Flight-period Chart (2)
See Also
Lithacodes fasciola
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1921. New American Lepidoptera and records. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus. 9:144 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults (2)
BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (3)
Works Cited
1.New forms of American moths (Lepidoptera)
H. G. Dyar. 1921. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 9: 59-68.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Dennis Profant on 1 January, 2006 - 3:00pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, anitagould, Mike Quinn, gretchengrammer, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 14 December, 2016 - 2:16am

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