Species Lycomorpha fulgens - Hodges#8085

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References

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 Lithosiinae (Lichen Moths)

Tribe Cisthenini

Genus Lycomorpha

Species fulgens (Lycomorpha fulgens - Hodges#8085)

Hodges Number

8085

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anatolmis Edwards 1881

Size

Wingspan about 30mm

Identification

Hind wing almost entirely black. Forewing mostly red with a black margin.

Range

southern California; Arizona

See Also

Lycomorpha regulus

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.

Moth Photographers Group - photograph of living adult and related species.

Moths of Southeastern Arizona - photograph of pinned adult.

Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species.

Cal. Moth Specimens Database - some county California records.

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 3 September, 2006 - 12:07pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, Maury Heiman
Last updated 14 October, 2009 - 6:18pm

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