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Prolimacodes
Sign in to saveProlimacodes 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.
Museum specimens
- 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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- Parent taxon
- Limacodidae
- Image
- Prolimacodes badia.jpg
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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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