Lycomorpha pholus

Lycomorpha pholus, the black-and-yellow lichen moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, west to South Dakota and Texas.^[2] The habitat consists of short-grass prairie.^[3]

Lycomorpha pholus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Lycomorpha
Species:	L. pholus
Binomial name
Lycomorpha pholus (Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx pholus Drury, 1773 Phalaena pholus Lycomorpha miniata Packard, 1872

The wingspan is 25–32 mm.

The larvae feed on lichen and resemble their host.^[4]

Subspecies

• Lycomorpha pholus pholus
• Lycomorpha pholus miniata Packard, 1872 (central North American)