Lophocampa atomosa

Species of moth

Lophocampa atomosa

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Lophocampa
Species:	L. atomosa
Binomial name
*Lophocampa atomosa* (Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
Halesidota atomosa Walker, 1855 Euhalisidota fasciata Grote, 1867 Halisidota mendax Möschler, 1886 Halisidota moeschleri Rothschild, 1909 Lophocampa fasciata Grote, 1867

Lophocampa atomosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found on Jamaica and Cuba and in Ecuador.^[1]

Wingspan is 38 mm for the male and 44 mm for the female.^[2]

References

^ Lophocampa atomosa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.v2 (1920)

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocampa atomosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.

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