Lophocampa argentata
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Lophocampa[1] |
| Species: | L. argentata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophocampa argentata (Packard, 1864) [2][3] | |
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Lophocampa argentata, the silver-spotted tiger moth, is a species of moth in the family Arctiidae. It was described by Packard in 1864. It is found from British Columbia to southern California, and east to Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and possibly to northern Mexico.[4]
Larvae of this moth utilize numerous host plants in western North America,[5] notably including the Douglas-fir.[6]
Subspecies
- Lophocampa argentata argentata
- Lophocampa argentata subalpina (French, 1890) (Rocky Mountains, Colorado)
References
- ↑ Natural History Museum. 2009
- ↑ "Silver-Spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa argentata (Packard, 1864)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Montana State University. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ↑ Lophocampa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Butterflies and Moths of North America
- ↑ David L. Wood, Thomas Koerber, Robert F. Scharpf and Andrew J. Storer. 2003
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
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- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Douglas-fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii, globalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Strõmberg)
- Lophocampa argentata subalpina at Lepindex
- David L. Wood, Thomas Koerber, Robert F. Scharpf and Andrew J. Storer. 2003. Pests of the Native California Conifers, University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-23329-8, ISBN 978-0-520-23329-4, 233 pages
- Lophocampa argentata at BOLD Systems
- Lophocampa argentata at Encyclopedia of Life
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