Biology:Lithacodes

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Short description: Genus of moths

Lithacodes
Graceful Slug Moth - Lithacodes gracia, Meadowwood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia.jpg
Lithacodes gracea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Genus: Lithacodes
Packard, 1864

Lithacodes is a genus of slug caterpillar moths in the family Limacodidae. There are about five described species in Lithacodes.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These five species belong to the genus Lithacodes:

  • Lithacodes fasciola (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) c g b (yellow-shouldered slug moth)
  • Lithacodes fiskeana Dyar, 1900 c g
  • Lithacodes fiskeanus b (Fisk's slug moth)
  • Lithacodes gracea Dyar, 1921 c g b (graceful slug moth)
  • Lithacodes graefii Packard, 1887 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13845595 entry