Coelodasys apicalis explained

Coelodasys apicalis, the plain schizura, is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae (the prominents). It was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1866, and is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Coelodasys apicalis is 8009.

This species was formerly a member of the genus Schizura, but was transferred to Coelodasys as a result of research published in 2021.

Further reading

• Book: Grote . Aug. R.. Robinson . C. T.. 1868. List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society.
• Lafontaine . J. Donald. Schmidt . B. Christian. 2013. Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys. 264. 227–236. 10.3897/zookeys.264.4443. 23730184. 3668382. 1313-2989. free.
• Pohl . Greg. Patterson . Bob. Pelham . Jonathan. 2016. Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. free.