Adoneta gemina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Limacodidae
Genus:
Adoneta
Species:
A. gemina
Binomial name
Adoneta gemina
Dyar, 1906

Adoneta gemina is a species of moth in the family Limacodidae (slug caterpillar moths), in the superfamily Zygaenoidea (flannel, slug caterpillar, leaf skeletonizer moths and kin). It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1906 from southern Texas.[1][2][3]

The MONA or Hodges number for Adoneta gemina is 4682.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Adoneta gemina Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. ↑ "Adoneta gemina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. ↑ "Adoneta gemina Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. ↑ Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  5. ↑ "Adoneta gemina, Hodges 4682". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-01-18.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.


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