Hypoprepia fucosa

Hypoprepia fucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Hypoprepia
Species: H. fucosa
Binomial name
Hypoprepia fucosa
Hübner, [1831]
Synonyms
  • Hypoprepia subornata Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893
  • Hypoprepia inornata Ottlengui
  • Atolmis tricolor Fitch, 1857
  • Hypoprepia plumbea H. Edwards, 1886

The Painted Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia fucosa) is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the United States and southern Canada east of the Rocky Mountains.

The wingspan is 25–35 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in the north and possibly most of the year in Florida.

The larvae feed on lichen, algae and moss on trees.

Subspecies


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