Lophocampa annulosa

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Lophocampa annulosa
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Adult (top) and larvae (bottom)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. annulosa
Binomial name
Lophocampa annulosa
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Halesidota annulosaWalker, 1855
  • Halisidota niveiguttaDruce, 1856 [1]

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 the south-western US (southern Texas, southern Arizona), [2] Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Suriname, Brazil, Honduras, Argentina and Trinidad. [3] [4]

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Aegiphila falcata . [5]

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