''Lophocampa sesia'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. It was described by

Jan Sepp Jan Sepp (1778–1853) was a Dutch entomologist. He is noted for ''Surinaamsche vlinders: naar het leven geteekend (Papillons de Surinam dessinés d'après nature)'', a three volume work containing approximately 150 entomological illustrations o ...

in 1852. It is found in

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

."''Lophocampa'' Harris, 1841"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

sesia The Sesia (Latin ''Sesites'' or ''Sessites'') is a river in Piedmont, north-western Italy, tributary to the Po. Geography Its sources are the glaciers of Monte Rosa at the border with Switzerland. It flows through the Alpine valley Valsesia an ...

Moths described in 1852 Taxa named by Jan Sepp {{Lophocampa-stub