Adoneta spinuloides (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) is a animal in the Limacodidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Adoneta spinuloides (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

Adoneta spinuloides (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

Adoneta spinuloides, the purple-crested slug moth, is a slug caterpillar moth in the family Limacodidae with Hodges number 4685.

Family
Genus
Adoneta
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Adoneta spinuloides (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

Adoneta spinuloides, commonly known as the purple-crested slug moth, is a species of slug caterpillar moth that belongs to the family Limacodidae. For this species, the MONA or Hodges catalog number is 4685.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Limacodidae Adoneta

More from Limacodidae

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