Acharia stimulea

Acharia stimulea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zygaenoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Superfamilia: Zygaenoidea

Familia: Limacodidae
Subfamilia: Limacodinae
Genus: Acharia
Species: Acharia stimulea

Name

Acharia stimulea (Clemens, 1860)

Synonyms

• Empretia stimulea Clemens, 1860
• Limacodes ephippiatus Harris, 1869
• Sibine ephippiatus Kirby, 1892
• Sibine stimulea (Clemens, 1860)

References

• Clemens, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 12: 158.
• Harris, 1869, Corresp.: 361, pl. 1, fig. 7, 8. [1]
• Kirby, 1892, Syn. Cat. Lep. Het. 1: 540.
• Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894, J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 2: 72.
• Dyar & Morton, 1896, The life-histories of the New York slug caterpillars II, J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 4, pl. 1. figs. 1-24. [2]
• Heppner, J. B., 1995, Urticating Caterpillars in Florida: 2. Slug Caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae), Entomology Circular No.372. (PDF)

Vernacular names

English: Saddleback caterpillar