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Arctiidae: Lithosiinae |
Lycomorpha pholus (Drury 1773)
| Common name: listed here as 'Black-and-red lichen moth.'
Hodges #: 8087. Identification: Rfw 12.6 mm, basal 1/2 of fw and 1/3 of hw red; palpi short, ocelli absent. Similar species: 8083, 8089, 8114, 8125. Distribution: southern Canada, northern and central U. S., southwestward to Mexico. Hosts: Larvae feed on lichens. Notes: N.D. specimens are L. p. miniata Packard, 1872. Eastern specimens of the nominate race have the red replaced by yellow.
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