Lophocampa annulosa

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]

Lophocampa annulosa
Scientific classification
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 annulosa Walker, 1855
  • Halisidota niveigutta Druce, 1856[1]

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

  • 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


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