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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Sack-bearer Moths (Mimallonoidea) » Sack-bearer Moths (Mimallonidae)

Family Mimallonidae - Sack-bearer Moths

Classification · Numbers · Size · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Melsheimer's Sack-bearer - Cicinnus melsheimeri - female Lacosoma chiridota - female Scalloped Sack-bearer - Lacosoma chiridota - male Scalloped Sack-bearer - Lacosoma chiridota - male Lacosoma chiridota unknown moth - Lacosoma chiridota - female Lacosoma chiridota Cicinnus melsheimeri - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Mimallonoidea (Sack-bearer Moths)
Family Mimallonidae (Sack-bearer Moths)
Numbers
There are two genera (Cicinnus and Lacosoma) and four species for North America according to a recent reclassification of taxa in the family.
Size
Wingspan 2-5 cm
Life Cycle
Larvae build open-ended cases (sacks) in which they overwinter.
Print References
Covell, p. 57 (1)
Franclemont, J. G., 1973. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.1
Internet References
Insects of Cedar Creek
Mimallonoidea of Canada
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Contributed by Cotinis on 22 July, 2004 - 1:57pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Ryan St Laurent, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 20 June, 2019 - 7:56am

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