Lophocampa distincta

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Phaegopterina
Genus: Lophocampa
Species: Lophocampa distincta

Lophocampa distincta, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Ecuador.[1]

Wingspan for the male 26 mm and for the female 29 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Gunnera species.[3]
Subspecies

L. d. distincta (Peru, Ecuador)
L. d. binominata (Strand, 1919) (Argentina)
L. d. brasilibia (Strand, 1919) (Brazil, Peru)
L. d. brunnescens (Rothschild, 1909) (Peru)
L. d. obsolescens (Rothschild, 1910) (Colombia, Ecuador)[4]

References

Lophocampa distincta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Rothschild, Rothschild, Lionel Walter; History), British Museum (Natural; England), Zoological Museum (Tring (1909). "Novitates zoologicae". Novitates Zoologicae : A Journal of Zoology in Connection with the Tring Museum. v. 16 (1909). ISSN 0950-7655.
"Lophocampa distincta". caterpillars.unr.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
Lophocampa distincta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms