Biology:Lophocampa brunnea

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Short description: Species of moth

Lophocampa brunnea
Lophocampa brunnea.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. brunnea
Binomial name
Lophocampa brunnea
Vincent, 2011
Synonyms
  • Lophocampa montana (Gaede, 1928)
  • Lophocampa caryae form montana Gaede, 1928

Lophocampa brunnea is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Benoit Vincent in 2011. It is known from Guatemala.

Taxonomy

Lophocampa caryae form montana was described from Guatemala. In the catalogue of Allan Watson and David T. Goodger, published in 1986, this form was associated with Lophocampa propinqua. However, the habitus of montana is totally different from Lophocampa caryae, Lophocampa propinqua and in fact all Lophocampa species. Thus montana was raised to species rank. However, Lophocampa montana (Gaede, 1928) then becomes a junior secondary homonym of Lophocampa montana (Schaus, 1911). It is now known by the replacement name Lophocampa brunnea.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6676355 entry