Packardia elegans

Packardia elegans, the elegant tailed slug moth, is a species of moth in the family Limacodidae. It is found in Canada and the United States, where it has been recorded from woodlands and forests, ranging from north-eastern Missouri to Quebec and Maine, south to north-eastern Georgia.

Packardia elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Suborder:
Glossata
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Division:
Ditrysia
Superfamily:
Zygaenoidea
Family:
Limacodidae
Subfamily:
Limacodinae
Genus:
Packardia
Species:
P. elegans
Binomial name
Packardia elegans
(Packard, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cyrtosia elegans Packard, 1864
  • Cyrtosia fusca Packard, 1864
  • Packardia fusca
  • Packardia nigripunctata Goodell, 1881

The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm. The forewings are peppery grey with indistinct white lines.[2]

The larvae feed on various woody plants, including beech, cherry and oak.[3]

Subspecies
  • Packardia elegans elegans
  • Packardia elegans fusca (Packard, 1864)

See also

References
  1. Synopsis of the Bombycidae of the United States. Alpheus Spring Packard Entomological Society of Philadelphia, III, 342, 1864
  2. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
  3. Caterpillars of Eastern North America
  • The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars. XIII-XIV. Harrison G. Dyar, Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar., 1898), page 5 (JStor Stable URL)


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