Lophocampa oblita
Species of moth
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Lophocampa oblita is a moth of the family Erebidae described by Benoit Vincent in 2009. It was described by Max Gaede in 1923 under the name Halisidota fasciata. It is found in Bolivia.[1]
| Lophocampa oblita | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Lophocampa |
| Species: | L. oblita |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophocampa oblita Vincent, 2009 | |
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Taxonomy
Since L. fasciata is preoccupied by Euhalisidota fasciata, described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1867, Lophocampa oblita was proposed by Vincent in 2009 as the replacement name.[2]