Lophocampa dognini | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Lophocampa |
Species: | L. dognini |
Binomial name | |
Lophocampa dognini (Rothschild, 1910) | |
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Lophocampa dognini, the Rothschild's marbled tiger, [1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Peru. [2]
Male
Legs orange buff ringed with brown; pectus buff; palpi orange buff, extreme tip of third segment brown; head orange buff; antennae pale brown; thorax orange buff with black dots on tegulae and patagia; abdomen buff washed with a darker shade. Forewing deep orange buff, nervures orange, the whole wing sown with dark brown dots and spots, a quadrate dark brown patch in cell and a larger irregular one on discocellulars. Hindwing semihyaline buff.
Female
Similar but larger.
Length of forewing: male 25 mm and female 28 mm. [3]