Lophocampa secunda

Lophocampa secunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species: L. secunda
Binomial name
Lophocampa secunda
Vincent, 2009
Synonyms
  • Syntarctia fasciata Rothschild, 1909
  • Syntarctia fasciatus Rothschild, 1910

Lophocampa secunda is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909 under the name fasciata. It is found in Brazil[1] and on Cuba.[2]

Wingspan is 28 mm.[3]

Taxonomy

Since L. fasciata is preoccupied by Euhalisidota fasciata, described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1867, Lophocampa secunda was proposed by Benoît Vincent in 2009 as the replacement name.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Lophocampa secunda at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Lophocampa fasciata at BOLD Systems
  3. ↑ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.v2 (1920)
  4. ↑ Novitates Zoologicae v.18 (1911)
  5. ↑ Lophocampa fasciata at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  6. ↑ Lophocampa secunda at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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