Lycomorpha pholus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Lycomorpha |
Species: | L. pholus
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Binomial name | |
Lycomorpha pholus | |
Synonyms | |
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Lycomorpha pholus, the black-and-yellow lichen moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, west to South Dakota and Texas. [2] The habitat consists of short-grass prairie. [3]
The wingspan is 25–32 mm.
The larvae feed on lichen and resemble their host. [4]
Lycomorpha pholus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Lycomorpha |
Species: | L. pholus
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Binomial name | |
Lycomorpha pholus | |
Synonyms | |
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Lycomorpha pholus, the black-and-yellow lichen moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, west to South Dakota and Texas. [2] The habitat consists of short-grass prairie. [3]
The wingspan is 25–32 mm.
The larvae feed on lichen and resemble their host. [4]