Lophocampa argentata

Lophocampa argentata, the silver-spotted tiger moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. 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.[3]

Lophocampa argentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. argentata
Binomial name
Lophocampa argentata
(Packard, 1864) [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Halysidota argentata Packard, 1864
  • Halisidota subalpina French, 1890

Larvae of this moth utilize numerous host plants in western North America,[4] notably including the Douglas-fir.[5]

Subspecies

  • Lophocampa argentata argentata
  • Lophocampa argentata subalpina (French, 1890) (Rocky Mountains, Colorado)

References

  1. "Silver-Spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa argentata (Packard, 1864)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Montana State University. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  2. Lophocampa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Butterflies and Moths of North America
  4. David L. Wood, Thomas Koerber, Robert F. Scharpf and Andrew J. Storer. 2003
  5. C. Michael Hogan. 2008


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