Prolimacodes badia

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Prolimacodes badia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Genus: Prolimacodes
Species:
P. badia
Binomial name
Prolimacodes badia
(Hübner, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Limacodes scaphaHarris, 1841
  • Limacodes undiferaWalker, 1855
  • Eulimacodes scapha
  • Prolimacodes badia argentimacula

Prolimacodes badia, the skiff moth, is a moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found in North America from New Hampshire to Florida, west to southern Ontario, Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi.

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Larva
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Pupa

The wingspan is 24–35 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.

The larvae feed on the leaves of a wide variety of trees and shrubs, including birch, blueberry, cherry, [1] chestnut, Ostrya virginiana , oak, [2] poplar, Myrica gale and willow.


References

  1. Kula, Robert R.; Lill, John T.; Murphy, Shannon M.; Stoepler, Teresa (September 2009). "First Host Records for the Nearctic Species Triraphis discoideus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae)". Entomological News. 120 (4): 380–386. doi:10.3157/021.120.0406.
  2. Insects of eastern forests. The Service. 1985. p. 178.