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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) » Prolimacodes » Western Skiff Moth - Hodges#4670 (Prolimacodes trigona)

Species Prolimacodes trigona - Western Skiff Moth - Hodges#4670

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Food · Internet References
Madera Canyon Moth - Prolimacodes trigona limacodid caterpillar on Western Soapberry - Prolimacodes trigona - Prolimacodes trigona tawny moth with white base to fw - Prolimacodes trigona Larva - Prolimacodes trigona moth - Prolimacodes trigona Prolimacodes trigona? - Prolimacodes trigona Western Skiff Moth - Prolimacodes trigona
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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 Prolimacodes
Species trigona (Western Skiff Moth - Hodges#4670)
Hodges Number
4670
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prolimacodes trigona (Hy. Edwards, 1882)
original combination Limacodes trigona Hy. Edwards, 1882; Papilio 2 (1): 12
* phylogenetic sequence #141250
Size
MPG specimen has 25mm wingspan
Food
larvae feed on leaves of manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group pinned adult image by Jim Vargo, plus common name reference
Moths of Southeastern Arizona includes larval image by M. Singer, and pinned adult images by Bruce Walsh
All-Leps pinned adult image
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 26 September, 2006 - 9:21am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Randy Hardy
Last updated 15 September, 2012 - 11:00pm

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