Lophochorista lesteraria (Grossbeck, 1910). [7069]
Lophochorista lesteraria, cotype, Grossbeck, collected Santa Catalina Mtns, AZ, collection of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).
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.
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.
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 may be L. lesteraria, or could be one of the Mexican species. (see below).
Below: Lophochorista calliope (left) from Mexico and Lophochorista ockendi (right) from Ecuador, both specimens from the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian).
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