Lophocampa ingens
species of insect
Lophocampa ingens is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1881. It is found in the southern Rocky Mountains (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah) and in Mexico.
The moth flies in May and June. The larvae feed on ponderosa, lodgepole and piñon pines.
Description
Male
Eyes black. Head pale fawn color. Antenna stout, long, rufous. Prothorax dirty white, with brown median line. Patagia like prothorax, brown in front.
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