Species
Phyllodesma americana (American lappet moth)
Phyllodesma americana. Photo: (c) Jamie Bettaso, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Phyllodesma americana, the American lappet moth, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is found from Nova Scotia to Georgia, west through Texas to California, north to British Columbia and Yukon.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Superfamily: Lasiocampoidea
- Family: Lasiocampidae (Lappet moths)
- Subfamily: Lasiocampinae
- Tribe: Gastropachini
- Genus: Phyllodesma
- Species: Phyllodesma americana (American lappet moth)
- Genus: Phyllodesma
- Tribe: Gastropachini
- Subfamily: Lasiocampinae
- Family: Lasiocampidae (Lappet moths)
- Superfamily: Lasiocampoidea
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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