| Packardia elegans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Limacodidae |
| Genus: | Packardia |
| Species: | P. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Packardia elegans | |
| Synonyms | |
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Packardia elegans, the elegant tailed slug moth, is a species of moth in the family Limacodidae. It is found in Canada and the United States, where it has been recorded from woodlands and forests, ranging from north-eastern Missouri to Quebec and Maine, south to north-eastern Georgia.
The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm. The forewings are peppery grey with indistinct white lines.[2]
The larvae feed on various woody plants, including beech, cherry and oak.[3]
Subspecies
- Packardia elegans elegans
- Packardia elegans fusca (Packard, 1864)
See also
References
- ↑ Synopsis of the Bombycidae of the United States. Alpheus Spring Packard Entomological Society of Philadelphia, III, 342, 1864
- ↑ Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
- ↑ Caterpillars of Eastern North America
- The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars. XIII-XIV. Harrison G. Dyar, Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar., 1898), page 5 (JStor Stable URL)
External links
- "Packardia elegans" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Packardia elegans at insectoid.info
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