Prolimacodes badia, the skiff moth, is a moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found in North America from New Hampshire to Florida, west to southern Ontario, Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Limacodidae |
| Genus: | Prolimacodes |
| Species: | P. badia
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| Prolimacodes badia (Hübner, 1822)
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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,[1] chestnut, Ostrya virginiana, oak,[2] poplar, Myrica gale and willow.
References
edit- ^ Kula, Robert R.; Lill, John T.; Murphy, Shannon M.; Stoepler, Teresa (September 2009). "First Host Records for the Nearctic Species Triraphis discoideus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae)". Entomological News. 120 (4): 380–386. doi:10.3157/021.120.0406.
- ^ Insects of eastern forests. The Service. 1985. p. 178.
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