Hypoprepia fucosa

Painted lichen moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Hypoprepia
Species: H. fucosa
Binomial name
Hypoprepia fucosa
Hübner, [1831]
Synonyms
  • Hypoprepia subornata Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893
  • Hypoprepia inornata Ottlengui
  • Atolmis tricolor Fitch, 1857
  • Hypoprepia plumbea H. Edwards, 1886

Hypoprepia fucosa (painted lichen moth) is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the United States and southern Canada east of the Rocky Mountains.

The wingspan is 25–35 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in the north and possibly most of the year in Florida.

The larvae feed on lichen, algae and moss on trees.

Subspecies

  • Hypoprepia fucosa subornata
  • Hypoprepia fucosa tricolor


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