Packardia elegans

Short description: Species of moth

Packardia elegans

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Limacodidae
Genus:  | Packardia
Species:  |

P. elegans

Binomial name
Packardia elegans

(Packard, 1864)[1]

Synonyms

* Cyrtosia elegans Packard, 1864
* Cyrtosia fusca Packard, 1864
* Packardia fusca
* Packardia nigripunctata Goodell, 1881

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]

## Contents

* 1 Subspecies
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Subspecies

* Packardia elegans elegans
* Packardia elegans fusca (Packard, 1864)

## See also

* List of moths of North America (MONA 4618-5509)

## References

1. ↑ Synopsis of the Bombycidae of the United States. Alpheus Spring Packard Entomological Society of Philadelphia, III, 342, 1864
2. ↑ Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
3. ↑ 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

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* Packardia elegans at insectoid.info

Wikidata ☰ Q13986104 entry

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