Phobetron

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
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: Phobetron
Species: P. guzmanae – P. pithecium
Name

Phobetron Hübner

Phobetron pithecium, hag moth

References

Epstein, M.E. & Corrales, J.F. 2004. Twenty-five new species of Costa Rican Limacodidae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Zootaxa 701: 1–86. Abstract & excerpt PDF. Reference page.

Phobetron is a genus of slug caterpillar moths in the family Limacodidae. There are at least four described species in Phobetron, found in North, Central, and South America.[1][2][3]
Species

These four species belong to the genus Phobetron:

Phobetron cypris
Phobetron dyari Barnes & Benjamin, 1926
Phobetron hipparchia Cramer, 1777
Phobetron pithecium (J. E. Smith) (hag moth)

References

"Phobetron Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
"Phobetron". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-04-13.

"Phobetron genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.