Phobetron hipparchia

Phobetron hipparchia
Dorsal view
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Genus: Phobetron
Species: P. hipparchia
Binomial name
Phobetron hipparchia
(Cramer, [1777])[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena hipparchia Cramer, [1777]
  • Euryda variolaris Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]

The Monkey Slug (Phobetron hipparchia) is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found in Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil and Argentina.[2]

The larvae feed on Gliricidia sepium.

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