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Genus Lophocampa

Silver-spotted Tiger Moth - Lophocampa argentata

Spotted Tussock Moth - Lophocampa maculata

329 Lophocampa argentata - Silver-spotted Tiger 8209 - Lophocampa argentata

845 Lophocampa argentata - Silver-spotted Tiger 8209 - Lophocampa argentata - male

Spotted Tussock Moth Adult - Lophocampa maculata

Spotted Tussock Moth - Lophocampa maculata - Hodges #8214 - Lophocampa maculata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Arctiidae (Tiger Moths)

Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger Moths)

Tribe Phaegopterini

Genus Lophocampa

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lophocampa Harris, 1841

Explanation of Names

From Greek lopho a crest or tuft plus campa "a bending"; or a caterpillar (1).

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 11 species for North America

annulosa (Walker, 1855)

argentata (Packard, 1864)

caryae Harris, 1841

indistincta (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)

ingens (Hy. Edwards, 1881)

maculata Harris, 1841

mixta (Neumoegen, 1882)

pura (Neumoegen, 1882)

roseata (Walker, 1866)

significans (Hy. Edwards, 1888)

sobrina (Stretch, 1872)

Remarks

A lot of taxonomic shuffling in this and similar genera. Some species previously placed in Halysidota, variously spelled Halisidota or Halesidota, as far as I can tell.

Print References

Borror, entries for lopho, campa (1)

Internet References

Candadian Biodiversity--images of L. argentata, roseata, maculata.

Moth Photographer's Group--images of maculata and caryae.

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

Contributed by Cotinis on 26 July, 2004 - 10:12am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban
Last updated 13 November, 2009 - 6:02pm

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