Prolimacodes badia
| Prolimacodes badia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Limacodidae |
| Genus: | Prolimacodes |
| Species: | P. badia |
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| Prolimacodes badia (Hübner, [1822]) | |
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The Skiff Moth (Prolimacodes badia) is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found from New Hampshire to Florida, west to southern Ontario, Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi.
Mounted
Larva
Pupa
The wingspan is 24–35 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.
The larvae feed on the leaves of a wide variety of trees and shrubs, including birch, blueberry, cherry, chestnut, Ostrya virginiana, oak, poplar, Myrica gale and willow.
Another moth, Isa textula, is also referred to by the common name 'skiff moth'.
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