Prolimacodes badia

Prolimacodes badia
Scientific classification
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 scapha Harris, 1841; Limacodes undifera Walker, 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.

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

^ 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.
^ Insects of eastern forests. The Service. 1985. p. 178.

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[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.

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