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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Limacodidae 57a0060 – 4661   Packardia elegans (Packard, 1864)              Elegant Tailed Slug Moth

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: elegans (Packard, 1864) (Cyrtosia) - MONA 1983: 4661 ssp. a. elegans (Packard, 1864) (Cyrtosia) - MONA 1983: 4661  nigripunctata Goodell, 1881 (Packardia) ssp. b. fusca (Packard, 1864) (Cyrtosia)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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