''Adoneta'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the family

Limacodidae The Limacodidae or Eucleidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea or the Cossoidea;Scoble, M.J. (1992). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity.'' Oxford University Press. the placement is in dispute. They are often c ...

. The genus was erected by

James Brackenridge Clemens James Brackenridge Clemens (31 January 1825, in Wheeling, West Virginia – 11 January 1867, in Easton, Pennsylvania) was an American entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera. He described many new species. His collection of microlepidoptera i ...

in 1860. There are at least four described species in ''Adoneta''. Adoneta spinuloides P1200006a

Species

* '' Adoneta bicaudata'' Dyar, 1904 (long-horned slug moth) * '' Adoneta gemina'' Dyar, 1906 * '' Adoneta pygmaea'' Grote & Robinson, 1868 * '' Adoneta spinuloides'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) (purple-crested slug moth)

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Butterflies and Moths of North America

NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Adoneta''
Limacodidae Limacodidae genera Taxa named by James Brackenridge Clemens {{Limacodidae-stub

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