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

Lophocampa secunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. secunda
Binomial name
Lophocampa secunda
Vincent, 2009
Synonyms
  • Syntarctia fasciata Rothschild, 1909
  • Syntarctia fasciatus Rothschild, 1910

Wingspan is 28 mm.[3]

Taxonomy

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Syntarctia fasciata[4]

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

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  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
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lophocampa fasciata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.