Phobetron
| Phobetron | |
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| Phobetron pithecium, hag moth | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Limacodidae |
| Genus: | Phobetron Hübner, 1825 |
Phobetron is a genus of slug caterpillar moths in the family Limacodidae. There are at least four described species in Phobetron, found in North, Central, and South America.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]These four species belong to the genus Phobetron:
- Phobetron cypris
- Phobetron dyari Barnes & Benjamin, 1926
- Phobetron hipparchia Cramer, 1777
- Phobetron pithecium (J. E. Smith) (hag moth)
References
[edit]- ^ "Phobetron Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Phobetron". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Phobetron genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
Further reading
[edit]- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
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