Lophocampa annulosa, the Santa Ana tussock moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in the south-western US (southern Texas, southern Arizona),[2] Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Suriname, Brazil, Argentina and Trinidad.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Lophocampa |
| Species: | L. annulosa
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| Lophocampa annulosa (Walker, 1855)
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Larvae have been recorded feeding on Aegiphila falcata.[5]
References
edit- ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum v.3 (1901)
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Lophocampa annulosa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Bug Guide
- ^ Parasitoid-Caterpillar-Plant Interactions
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocampa annulosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
- Lophocampa annulosa at BOLD Systems