Acharia ophelians

Description

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 .

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Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata () - Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata () - Heymons, 1901
        Superclass: Panhexapoda ()
        Epiclass: Hexapoda ()
        Class: Insecta () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
        Subclass: Dicondylia ()
        Infraclass: Pterygota ()
        Cohort: Myoglossata ()
        Order: Lepidoptera () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
        Infraorder: Heteroneura ()
        Family: Limacodidae () - � - Slug Caterpillar Moths
        Genus: Acharia ()
        Specific name: ophelians
        Scientific name: - Acharia ophelians

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Acharia

There are approximately 8 species in this genus:

A. apicalis · A. brunnus · A. horrida · A. hyperoche · A. nesea · A. ophelians · A. sarans · A. stimulea (Saddleback Caterpillar Moth)

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Notes

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 19, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 19, 2007:

Identifiers

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16248394
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2847681

Footnotes

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=75&sci=Limacodidae&com=Limacodids, Slug Caterpillar Moths [back]