Lacosoma

Lacosoma
Lacosoma chiridota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Mimallonidae
Genus:	Lacosoma Grote, 1864

Lacosoma is a genus of sack-bearer moths in the family Mimallonidae. There are at least 30 described species in Lacosoma.

Lacosoma chiridota

The genus name Lacosoma is derived from Greek, referring to the hairy or woolly body characteristic of the group. The common name sack-bearer refers to the larval habit of constructing and carrying a silken case.

Species

These 30 species belong to the genus Lacosoma:

• Lacosoma arizonicum Dyar, 1898 ^{c g b} (southwestern sack-bearer moth)
• Lacosoma asea Schaus, 1928 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma aurora Dognin, 1916 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma bigodia Schaus, 1928 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma briasia Schaus, 1928 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma cantia Schaus, 1928 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma chiridota Grote, 1864 ^{c g b} (scalloped sack-bearer)
• Lacosoma diederica Schaus, 1928 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma julietta Dyar, 1913 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma ladema Dognin, 1920 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma lola Schaus, 1905 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma ludolpha Schaus, 1928 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma lygia Schaus, 1912 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma maldera Schaus, 1934 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma medalla Dyar, 1913 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma ostrinum Herbin, 2016 ^g
• Lacosoma otalla Schaus, 1905 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma oyapoca Schaus, 1928 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma perplexa Schaus, 1922 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma philastria Schaus, 1928 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma raydela Schaus, 1928 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma rosea Dognin, 1905 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma schausi Dognin, 1923 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma syrinx Druce, 1898 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma turnina Schaus, 1928 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma valera Schaus, 1928 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma valva Schaus, 1905 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma violacea Sepp, 1818 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma vulfreda Schaus, 1928 ^{c g}
• Lacosoma zonoma Schaus, 1928 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Beadle, David; Leckie, Seabrooke (2012). Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 0547238487.
• Covell, Charles V. Jr. (2005). A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. Special Publication Number 12. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 1-884549-21-7.
• Grote, Aug.R.; Robinson, C.T. (1868). List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society.
• Heppner, J.B. (2003). "Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog" (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. 17. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. ISSN 0066-8036. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
• Hodges, Ronald W., ed. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 9780860960164.
• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
• Powell, Jerry A.; Opler, Paul A. (2009). Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520251977.

External links

• Media related to Lacosoma at Wikimedia Commons