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Lophocampa

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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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
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 ingens larva
Adult Lophocampa ingens

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. 75. Pensoft: 69–77. doi:10.3897/zookeys.75.811. PMC 3088043. PMID 21594140.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  3. ^ Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog