Adoneta

Adoneta
Adoneta spinuloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Limacodidae
Genus:	Adoneta Clemens, 1860
Synonyms [1]
CyclopteryxPackard, 1864

Adoneta is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae. The genus was erected by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. There are at least four described species in Adoneta. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Adoneta spinuloides

Species

• Adoneta bicaudata Dyar, 1904 (long-horned slug moth)
• Adoneta gemina Dyar, 1906
• Adoneta pygmaea Grote & Robinson, 1868
• Adoneta spinuloides (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) (purple-crested slug moth)

References

1. Savela, Markku (9 December 2011). "Adoneta Clemens, 1860". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
2. "Adoneta genus information". BugGuide. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
3. "Adoneta report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
4. "660041.00 – 4683 – Adoneta pygmaea – Grote & Robinson, 1868". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

Further reading

• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.

External links

• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Adoneta