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Apoda limacodes
Family: LimacodidaeGenus: Apodanative in Germany
native in Germany
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6
Plants
visited
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6
Interactions
documented
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5
Host plants
known
About this species
Apoda limacodes is a small moth in the slug moth family Limacodidae. It is monophagous, its larvae feeding exclusively on a single host species. It has been recorded in Great Britain.
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Plant food
Merkmale
Körper
Body size
small
Weight
0.0116 g
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
monophagous
Scientific profile
Apoda limacodes is a small moth, with an adult body mass of about 0.012 g. It is monophagous, meaning its larvae rely on a single plant taxon. The species belongs to the genus Apoda within the family Limacodidae. In Great Britain, it is listed in the United Kingdom Species Inventory with an indeterminate presence status.
Host plants
5 plants serve as food for the larvae
Visited plants
1 plants are visited by this species
Quercus rubra
Sources & data origin
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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