Phobetron

Phobetron is a genus of slug caterpillar moths in the family Limacodidae. There are at least four described species in Phobetron, found in North, Central, and South America.^[1][2][3]

Phobetron
Phobetron pithecium, hag moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Limacodidae
Genus:	Phobetron Hübner, 1825

Species

These four species belong to the genus Phobetron:

• Phobetron cypris
• Phobetron dyari Barnes & Benjamin, 1926
• Phobetron hipparchia Cramer, 1777
• Phobetron pithecium (J. E. Smith) (hag moth)