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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

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

© Tom Murray
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  • 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.)
    Packardia elegans
    © Tom Murray
    Packardia elegans
    © Steve Walter
    Packardia elegans
    – © Jim Vargo
    Packardia elegans
    – © Jim Vargo

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