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Lophochorista lesteraria (Grossbeck, 1910). [7069]
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Lophochorista lesteraria,
cotype, Grossbeck, collected Santa Catalina Mtns, AZ, collection
of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). |
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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. 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. |
Above: Lophochorista lesteraria,
collected Baboquivari Mtns, Pima Co., AZ May 1923. Collection of the
California Academy of Sciences. |
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Above: 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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Below: Lophochorista calliope
(left) from Mexico and Lophochorista ockendi (right) from
Ecuador, both specimens from the natioanl Musuem of Natural History
(Smithsonian) |
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