Lophocampa brunnea

Lophocampa brunnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
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 Arctiidae family. It is known from Guatemala.

Taxonomy

Lophocampa caryae form montana was described from Guatemala. In the catalogue of Watson and 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.

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