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Lophoditta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Lophoditta
Möschler, 1890
Species: L. tuberculata
Binomial name
Lophoditta tuberculata
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Physula tuberculata Herrich-Schäffer, 1870
  • Lophoditta perspicillaris Möschler, 1890

Lophoditta is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890. Its only species, Lophoditta tuberculata, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1870. It is found in Puerto Rico.

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 18, 2012). "Lophoditta Möschler, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lophoditta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Lophoditta Möschler, 1890". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Lophoditta
Lophoditta tuberculata


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