Phobetron pithecium

This article is about Phobetron pithecium. For Lithacodes fasciola, also known as the ochre-winged hag moth, see Yellow shouldered slug.
"Monkey slug" redirects here. For the other moth with this common name, see Phobetron hipparchia.

Phobetron pithecium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Genus: Phobetron
Species:
P. pithecium
Binomial name
Phobetron pithecium
(JE Smith, 1797)

Phobetron pithecium, the hag moth, is a moth of the family Limacodidae. Its larva is known as the monkey slug.

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