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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Lichen Moths (Lithosiini) » Cisthenina » Lycomorpha » Lycomorpha regulus - Hodges#8084 (Lycomorpha regulus)

Species Lycomorpha regulus - Hodges#8084

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Lithosiini (Lichen Moths)
Subtribe Cisthenina
Genus Lycomorpha
Species regulus (Lycomorpha regulus - Hodges#8084)
Hodges Number
8084
Food
Lichen in the genus Parmelia. Comstock & Henne (1967, see reference below) reported that larvae fed on Parmelia plittii Gyrel during entire metamorphosis.
Remarks
Closely related to L. fulgens, and L. grotei.
See Also
Lycomorpha fulgens
Print References
Comstock, J.A., and Christopher Henne. Early Stages of Lycomorpha regulus Grinnell, with Notes on the Imago (Lepidoptera: Amatidae). J. of Research on the Lepidoptera 6(4): 275-280, 1967.
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Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 27 June, 2009 - 12:19am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Steve Morris
Last updated 2 November, 2022 - 5:13pm

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