Lophocampa annulosa

Lophocampa annulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species: L. annulosa
Binomial name
Lophocampa annulosa
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Halesidota annulosa Walker, 1855

Lophocampa annulosa, the Santa Ana Tussock Moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1855. It is found in southern Texas, southern Arizona,[1] Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Surinam, Brazil, Argentina and Trinidad.[2]

Adults are tan with chainlike light brown markings and a brown line with a small white dot.[3]

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Aegiphila falcata.[4]

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