Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Limacodidae
'The Limacodids are members
of the Superfamily
Zygaenoidea, and there are about fifty North American species in this family
. They are medium to medium-small moths with stout, often hairy
bodies, and broad, rounded
wings
. Most are brown or yellowish with contrasting forewing
markings. Adults
have small heads
, short labial
palps, and short or absent maxillary
palps and probosces. Typical wingspan is 1.5-4.3 cm. Larvae can be naked or densely hairy, and they usually have stinging
hairs
. These caterpillars move like slugs, gliding on their prolegs and suckers
. They feed
on a variety of woody and herbaceous plants
and overwinter
in loose
, oval
cocoons
.
'[1]
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[2]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Family:
Limacodidae
()
-
- Slug Caterpillar Moths
- Genus:
Apoda
()
- Haworth, 1809
- Specific name:
limacodes
- Hüfnagel 1766
- Scientific name: - Apoda limacodes Hüfnagel 1766
- Specific name:
limacodes
- Hüfnagel 1766
- Genus:
Apoda
(
- Family:
Limacodidae
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Apoda
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. avellana (Festoon) · A. biguttata (Shagreened Slug) · A. buguttata (Shagreened Slug Moth) · A. y-inversum (Inverted Y Slug Moth)
More Info
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- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- A handbook of British Lepidoptera, by Edward Meyrick. London, Macmillan, 1895. url p. 451, p. 451.
- A natural history of the British Lepidoptera: a text-book for students and collectors / by J.W. Tutt. London: S. Sonnenschein, 1899-1904. url p. 367.
- A natural history of the British butterflies; their world-wide variation and geographical distribution. A text-book for students and collectors. London: E. Stock, [19--?] url p. 367.
- British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url p. 181, p. 187, p. 50, p. 57, p. 58, p. 94.
- Insects. By David Sharp. London, Macmillan, 1895-99. url p. 402.
- Insects. by David Sharp. London: Macmillan, 1909. url p. 402.
- Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Lawrence, Kan.: Allen Press [etc.] url p. 202.
- Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url p. 46.
- The Cambridge natural history, ed. by S.F. Harmer. .. and A.E. Shipley. .. London, Macmillan and co., limited;1895-1909 url p. 402.
- The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url p. 147, p. 160, p. 251, p. 278, p. 296, p. 37, p. 97.
- The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- url p. 178.
- The Naturalist. 1898 [Doncaster: Yorkshire Naturalists' Union], 1874- url p. 72.
- The Victoria history of the county of Worcester. .. Westminster, [A. Constable and company, limited]1901-24. url p. 122, p. 123.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Release date: June 15, 2005
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
- GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- GBIF-Sweden: Lepidoptera (Observations)
- GBIF-Sweden: Lepidoptera (Specimens NRM)
- inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Norwegian Lepidoptera collection, Oslo
- University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology: European Moth Nights
- University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology: Lepidoptera collection of Hannu Saarenmaa
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2970060
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-75949.0
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2288884
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 798441
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=75&sci=Limacodidae&com=Limacodids, Slug Caterpillar Moths [back]
- Mean = 348.120 meters (1,142.126 feet), Standard Deviation = 335.860 based on 1,077 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
