Lophocampa mixta

Lophocampa mixta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1882. It is found in the United States in Arizona,[1] Texas[2]

Lophocampa mixta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. mixta
Binomial name
Lophocampa mixta
(Neumoegen, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Halesidota mixta Neumoegen, 1882
  • Halisidota pseudocarye Rothschild, 1909

The wingspan is about 37 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus emoryi.[3]

References

  1. "Lophocampa mixata" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Bug Guide
  3. Moths of Southeastern Arizona
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocampa mixta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  • Lophocampa mixta at BOLD Systems


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