Kingdom Animalia Family Bombycidae Scientific name Prothysana felderi Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Prothysana Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Apatelodidae, Bombycidae, Dalceridae, Flannel moth | ||
The Shag-carpet caterpillar (Prothysana felderi) is a species of moth of the Bombycidae or Apatelodidae (if this family is considered valid) family. It is found from Mexico, south to Panama and into South America, at least to Ecuador.
Recorded food plants include Philodendron, Heliconia, Welfia georgii, Chamaedora tepejilote, Piptocarpha poeppigiana, Pentaclethra macroloba, Stigmaphyllon lindinianum, Piper colonense, Piper hispidum, Piper auretum, Piper peltata, Neea psychotroides, Lycianthes synanthera, Heliocarpus appendiculatus, Miriocarpa longipes and Aegifila falcata.
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