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Prolimacodes badia (Skiff Moth)

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Prolimacodes badia, the skiff moth, is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found in North America from New Hampshire to Florida, west to southern Ontario, Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi. 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.
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1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0