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Limacodidae
57a0058 – 4659   Packardia geminata (Packard, 1864)
             Jeweled Tailed Slug Moth

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Synonymy:
  • geminata (Packard, 1864) (Cyrtosia) - MONA 1983: 4659
  • geminata (Packard, 1864) (Cyrtosia) - MONA 1983: 4659
  • albipunctata (Packard, 1864) (Cyrtosia) N. SYN.
  • goodelli McDunnough, 1939 (Packardia) missp.
  • goodellii Grote, 1880 (Packardia)
  • ocellata (Grote, 1865) (Cyrtosia) N. SYN.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Packardia geminata (Packard, 1864) includes as synonyms Packard ocellata (Grote, 1865) (formerly a subspecies of geminata) and Packardia albipunctata (Packard, 1864) in Epstein & Fiesler in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023).
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
    • Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
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