Packardia elegans

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 Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota 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: Packardia
Species: Packardia elegans
Subspecies: P. e. elegans - P. e. fusca

Name

Packardia elegans (Packard, 1864)

Synonyms

• Cyrtosia elegans Packard, 1864
• Cyrtosia fusca Packard, 1864
• Packardia fusca
• Packardia nigripunctata Goodell, 1881

Vernacular names

English: Elegant tailed slug moth

Distribution

North America

• Canada
  • Québec
• United States
  • Missouri, Maine, Georgia

References

• Packard, A.S. 1864. Synopsis of the Bombycidae of the United States. Entomological Society of Philadelphia, III, 342. Reference page. 

Links

• Packardia elegans – Taxon details on BugGuide.
• Packardia elegans – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).