Lophocampa argentata

Lophocampa argentata, the silver-spotted tiger moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Packard in 1864. It is found from British Columbia to southern California, and east to Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and possibly to northern Mexico.[3]

Lophocampa argentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Lophocampa
Species:	L. argentata
Binomial name
Lophocampa argentata (Packard, 1864) [1][2]
Synonyms
Halysidota argentata Packard, 1864 Halisidota subalpina French, 1890

Larvae of this moth utilize numerous host plants in western North America,[4] notably including the Douglas-fir.[5]

Subspecies

• Lophocampa argentata argentata
• Lophocampa argentata subalpina (French, 1890) (Rocky Mountains, Colorado)

References

1. "Silver-Spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa argentata (Packard, 1864)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Montana State University. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
2. Lophocampa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. Butterflies and Moths of North America
4. David L. Wood, Thomas Koerber, Robert F. Scharpf and Andrew J. Storer. 2003
5. C. Michael Hogan. 2008

• C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Douglas-fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii, globalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Strõmberg)
• Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocampa argentata ssp. subalpina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
• David L. Wood, Thomas Koerber, Robert F. Scharpf and Andrew J. Storer. 2003. Pests of the Native California Conifers, University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-23329-8, ISBN 978-0-520-23329-4, 233 pages
• Lophocampa argentata at BOLD Systems
• Lophocampa argentata at Encyclopedia of Life