MOTHS OF JAMAICA
SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY
Limacodidae
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The Limacodidae ('Slug Moths') are a small family of some 1,000 species worldwide,
reaching their greatest diversity in the tropics. Like the Megalopygidae, adults
are small to medium in size and have broad, rounded wings and hairy bodies. The
larvae have a slug-like 'glassy' appearance and move with a wave-like motion (leading
to their common name of 'Slug Moths') or are covered in stinging hairs. Many are of
economic importance as defoliators of crop plants.
I have catalogued only one species of this family in Jamaica to date, as listed below -
please click on the underlined species name to go to a colour
illustration of the adult, where available,
and brief information on
the species.
The genus Alarodia
Alarodia nana Moeschler 1886
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