Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae > Lophocampa > Lophocampa maculata

Lophocampa maculata (spotted tussock moth)

Synonyms: Halisidota maculata; Lophocampa fulvoflava; Lophocampa guttifera

Wikipedia Abstract

The Spotted Tussock Moth, Mottled Tiger or Spotted Halisidota (Lophocampa maculata) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found across Canada, the western parts of the United States, south in Appalachians to South Carolina and Kentucky. The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The moth flies from May to July; the larvae remain from July to September. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on the leaves of poplar and willow, but also feed on alder, basswood, birch, maple and oak.
View Wikipedia Record: Lophocampa maculata

Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0