Zelicodes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Zelicodes linearis, is known from the US state of Arizona. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote, the genus in 1896 and the species in 1883.[1][2][3]

Zelicodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Rivulinae
Genus: Zelicodes
Grote, 1896
Species:
Z. linearis
Binomial name
Zelicodes linearis
(Grote, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Litognatha linearis Grote, 1883

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (July 3, 2019). "Zelicodes Grote, 1896". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Zelicodes​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Zelicodes Grote, 1896". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved March 14, 2020.