Lophoditta

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.[1][2][3]

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

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.


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