''Adoneta'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

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 ca ...

. The genus was erected by

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

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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