Lophocampa

Lophocampa
1 Lophocampa lineata male; 2 Lophocampa propinqua male; 3 Lophocampa brunnea female; 4 Lophocampa alternata female; 5 Lophocampa albitegula female; 6 Lophocampa albiguttata female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Subtribe:Phaegopterina
Genus:Lophocampa
Harris, 1841
Synonyms
  • Euhalisidota Grote, [1866]
  • Phoegoptera Boisduval, 1869
  • Thalesa Schaus, 1896
  • Schausia Dyar, 1897
  • Euschausia Dyar, 1898
  • Syntarctia Hampson, 1901

Lophocampa is a genus in the subtribe Phaegopterina in the family Erebidae.[1] It contains 10 subspecies and around 75 species.[2]

Species

The following are species classified under Lophocampa:[3]

References

  1. "Lophocampa Harris, 1841" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Benoit Vincent (2011). "Description of two new Lophocampa Harris from the Dominican Republic (Arctiidae, Arctiinae)". ZooKeys. Pensoft. 75: 69–77. doi:10.3897/zookeys.75.811. PMC 3088043. PMID 21594140.
  3. Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
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