Lophocampa annulosa
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Lophocampa |
Species: | L. annulosa
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Binomial name | |
Lophocampa annulosa (Walker, 1855)
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Lophocampa annulosa, the Santa Ana tussock moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in southern Texas, southern Arizona,[2] Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Suriname, Brazil, Argentina and Trinidad.[3]
Adults are tan with chainlike light brown markings and a brown line with a small white dot.[4]
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Aegiphila falcata.[5]
References
- ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum v.3 (1901)
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Lophocampa annulosa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Bug Guide
- ^ Parasitoid-Caterpillar-Plant Interactions
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocampa annulosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
- Lophocampa annulosa at BOLD Systems