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Hypoprepia fucosa

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Species of moth

Painted lichen moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Hypoprepia
Species: H. fucosa
Binomial name
Hypoprepia fucosa
Hübner,
Synonyms
  • Hypoprepia subornata Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893
  • Hypoprepia inornata Ottlengui
  • Atolmis tricolor Fitch, 1857
  • Hypoprepia plumbea H. Edwards, 1886

Hypoprepia fucosa, the painted lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1831. It is found in the United States and southern Canada east of the Rocky Mountains.

The wingspan is 25–35 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in the north and possibly most of the year in Florida.

The larvae feed on lichen, algae and moss on trees.

Subspecies

  • Hypoprepia fucosa subornata
  • Hypoprepia fucosa tricolor

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Taxon identifiers
Hypoprepia fucosa


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