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Lophochorista lesteraria (Grossbeck, 1910). [7069]
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Lophochorista sp.,
collection of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Specimen collected
June-1954, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Genus det. by L. Pitkin. This
specimen probably is not L. lesteraria, but rather one of the
Mexican species.
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| Lophochorista is a genus of
distinctively marked moths related to
Eueana,
of which only one species has been described from the USA. The image
above depicts a Mexican Lophochorista species. It may be compared
to the image of L. lesteraria from the Smithsonian on Bruce
Walsh's website, as seen here:
Lophochorista lesteraria Note also the Lophochorista specimen
collected by Howard Byrne, also depicted on Bruce Walsh's site:
Lophochorista sp. |
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