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