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Prolimacodes

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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.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyLimacodidae

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Specimen records
14
With media
1
Family
Limacodidae
Collections
ECOSUR, GMNH, MSU, NMSU, ANSP, OSUC
Recorded in
Mexico, Panama, United States, Guyane FrançAise, Costa Rica

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Limacodidae
Image
Prolimacodes badia.jpg
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taxon name
Prolimacodes
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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.

==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

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