Lophocampa debilis

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Lophocampa debilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:L. debilis
Binomial name
Lophocampa debilis
(Schaus, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Thalesa debilisSchaus, 1920

Lophocampa debilis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1920. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica and Guatemala. [1] [2]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Erebidae family of insects

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); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth ; piercing moths ; micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae. Some of the erebid moths are called owlets.

William Schaus was an American entomologist who became known for his major contribution to the knowledge and description of new species of the Neotropical Lepidoptera.

Description

Male. Body and forewings pale brownish yellow, whitish at base of abdomen dorsally; black points on tegulae; forewings crossed by numerous wavy brown lines; antemedial line defined by grayish shadings, a medial line similarly shaded from subcostal vein to inner margin; a black point on discocellular; a small subterminal dark brown dash between veins 5 and 6, inner margin grayish brown.

Hindwings yellowish white.

Wingspan 31 mm.

Habitat: Cayuga, Guatemala, also in collection from Mexico and Costa Rica.

Altogether paler than Lophocampa citrina Sepp and without the white spot on forewing. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lophocampa Harris, 1841" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ BOLD Systems
  3. ↑ Proceedings of the United States National Museum v.57 (1921) PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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