Lophocampa andensis

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Lophocampa andensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. andensis
Binomial name
Lophocampa andensis
(Schaus, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Halisidota andensisSchaus, 1896

Lophocampa andensis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Schaus in 1896. It is found in Colombia. [1]

Description

Male

Head and thorax red brown mixed with ochreous brown; palpi white below, and orange at sides at extremity of 2nd joint, white marks above frons and behind antennae; tegulae edged with white, patagia with white patches; legs brown and white, fore femora orange at sides; abdomen brown, with slight orange dorsal bands on terminal segments, the ventral surface white with some brown marks. Forewing dark brown, thickly irrorated with ochreous; some white marks at base; an antemedial maculate band acutely angled in cell; a medial series of spots slightly angled on median nervure, then oblique; a spot in end of cell and two points on discocellulars, with a spot on costa above them; postmedial and subterminal series of spots, the former with the spots above veins 4 and 3 smaller and displaced outwards; a terminal series of points. Hindwing white, with some ochreous and brown spots on terminal two-thirds of costal area on underside.

Female

Abdomen brown and white; forewing with hardly any ochreous irroration.

Wingspan 46 mm for the male and 52 mm for the female. [2]

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References

  1. Lophocampa andensis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum v.3 (1901) PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.