Biology:Prolimacodes

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Short description: Genus of moths

Prolimacodes
Prolimacodes badia – Skiff Moth (14543162128).jpg
Prolimacodes badia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Genus: Prolimacodes
Schaus, 1896

Prolimacodes is a genus of slug caterpillar moths in the moth family Limacodidae. The genus was erected by William Schaus in 1896. There are at least seven described species in Prolimacodes, found in North and Central America.[1][2]

Species

These species belong to the genus Prolimacodes:

  • Prolimacodes badia (Hubner, 1822) (skiff moth)
  • Prolimacodes dividua Dyar, 1907
  • Prolimacodes lilalia Dyar, 1937
  • Prolimacodes polygona Hering & Hopp, 1927
  • Prolimacodes triangulifera Schaus, 1896
  • Prolimacodes trigona Edwards, 1882 (western skiff moth)
  • Prolimacodes undifera


References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q13847379 entry