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Skiff Moth

Prolimacodes scapha

Plate XLVII — Skiff Moth is Fig. 8
Plate XLVII — Skiff Moth is Fig. 8

The moth has a wide distribution throughout the Appalachian subregion. The larva feeds upon a great variety of shrubs and trees. It appeared to me in my boyhood, when I reared it often, to have a particular fondness for the leaves of the sycamore (Platanus).