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Species Lycomorpha fulgens - Hodges#8085

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Red/orange thing - Lycomorpha fulgens Lycomorpha fulgens red and black moth - Lycomorpha fulgens Lycid mimic moth - Lycomorpha fulgens Red Moth - Lycomorpha fulgens Lycomorpha fulgens Lycomorpha fulgens Lycomoroha? ID request - Lycomorpha fulgens - male
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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 fulgens (Lycomorpha fulgens - Hodges#8085)

Hodges Number

8085

Other Common Names

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lycomorpha fulgens (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Anatolmis fulgens H. Edwards, 1881
Phylogenetic sequence # 930199

Numbers

There are six described Lycomorpha species in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan about 30 mm.

Identification

The original description as Anatolmis fulgens H. Edwards, is available online in the print references below.
Hind wing almost entirely black. Forewing mostly red with a black margin.

Range

southern California; Arizona. (2)

See Also

Lycomorpha regulus.
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group

Print References

Edwards, H. 1881. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera. Papilio 1: 116 .

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Cal. Moth Specimens Database - some county California records

Works Cited

1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 3 September, 2006 - 12:07pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, Maury Heiman
Last updated 21 May, 2013 - 5:28pm

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