Lophocampa aenone

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Lophocampa aenone
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. aenone
Binomial name
Lophocampa aenone
(Butler, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Halesidota aenoneButler, 1878

Lophocampa aenone is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela and Ecuador. [1]

Description

Primaries above semitransparent whitey brown, crossed by wavy grey lines much as in the preceding species, but with no oblique central line; a more or less marked blackish spot at the inferior extremity of the cell; secondaries hyaline white; thorax brown, abdomen creamy white; primaries below less strongly marked than above; body sordid white: expanse, M 1 inch 2 lines; F 1 inch 4 lines. [2]

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<i>Lophocampa albipennis</i> Species of moth

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<i>Lophocampa bicolor</i> Species of moth

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<i>Lophocampa catenulata</i> Species of moth

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<i>Lophocampa grotei</i> Species of moth

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References

  1. Lophocampa aenone at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (1878) PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.