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Species Lophocampa mixta - Hodges#8212

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Lophocampa mixta Big Bend Tussock Moth - Lophocampa mixta Green/Black Fuzzy Caterpillar - Lophocampa mixta Lophocampa mixta? - Lophocampa mixta Male, Lophocampa mixta? - Lophocampa mixta Male, Lophocampa mixta? - Lophocampa mixta - male Green & black Caterpillar - Lophocampa mixta Furry caterpillar - Lophocampa mixta
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Phaegopterina
Genus Lophocampa
Species mixta (Lophocampa mixta - Hodges#8212)

Hodges Number

8212

Explanation of Names

Lophocampa mixta Neumoegen, 1882

Range

Arizona & Mexico; probably also New Mexico. (Image here on BG, first documented occurrence in Texas that I'm aware of. - JDR)

Internet References

Bruce Walsh
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 28 December, 2008 - 10:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Jason D. Roberts
Last updated 8 August, 2021 - 5:58pm

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