Lophocampa secunda

Lophocampa secunda is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909 under the name fasciata. It is found in Brazil[1] and on Cuba.[2]

Lophocampa secunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. secunda
Binomial name
Lophocampa secunda
Vincent, 2009
Synonyms
  • Syntarctia fasciata Rothschild, 1909
  • Syntarctia fasciatus Rothschild, 1910

Wingspan is 28 mm.[3]

Taxonomy
Syntarctia fasciata[4]

Since L. fasciata is preoccupied by Euhalisidota fasciata, described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1867, Lophocampa secunda was proposed by Benoît Vincent in 2009 as the replacement name.[5][6]

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References
  1. Lophocampa secunda at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Lophocampa fasciata at BOLD Systems
  3. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.v2 (1920)
  4. Novitates Zoologicae v.18 (1911)
  5. Lophocampa fasciata at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  6. Lophocampa secunda at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocampa fasciata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.


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