Lophocampa griseidorsata

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Lophocampa griseidorsata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. griseidorsata
Binomial name
Lophocampa griseidorsata
Vincent & Laguerre, 2013

Lophocampa griseidorsata is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Vincent and Laguerre in 2013. It is found in Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz), Ecuador (Napo, Morona-Santiago, Sucumbios, Azuay) and Peru (San Martin, Cuzco, Pasco). [1]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths are a polyphyletic 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 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.

A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species which have been described previously or are related. The species description often contains photographs or other illustrations of the type material and states in which museums it has been deposited. The publication in which the species is described gives the new species a formal scientific name. Some 1.9 million species have been identified and described, out of some 8.7 million that may actually exist. Millions more have become extinct.

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Description

The forewings are brown, irrorated (sprinkled) with pale and deep brown. There is one whitish spot with a yellow and two small blacks dots at the base, as well as a series of bands formed by whitish spots and organized as follows: a broken antemedial band, a slightly curved medial band with the size of the spots decreasing from the anal border to the costa and a sinuous postmedial band. The hindwings are whitish and slightly tinged with grey on the apex and along the costa. Ventrally, the marks are more contrasted, deep brown centered with yellowish brown.

Larvae

The larvae feed on several species of Urticaceae, as well as Poaceae, Fabaceae, Ericaceae, Melanostomaceae and Rubiaceae species.

Urticaceae family of plants

The Urticaceae are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica. The Urticaceae include a number of well-known and useful plants, including nettles in the genus Urtica, ramie, māmaki, and ajlai.

Poaceae family of plants

Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses, commonly referred to collectively as grass. Poaceae includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and cultivated lawns and pasture.

Fabaceae family of plants

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, are a large and economically important family of flowering plants. It includes trees, shrubs, and perennial or annual herbaceous plants, which are easily recognized by their fruit (legume) and their compound, stipulate leaves. Many legumes have characteristic flowers and fruits. The family is widely distributed, and is the third-largest land plant family in number of species, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with about 751 genera and about 19,000 known species. The five largest of the genera are Astragalus, Acacia, Indigofera, Crotalaria, and Mimosa, which constitute about a quarter of all legume species. The ca. 19,000 known legume species amount to about 7% of flowering plant species. Fabaceae is the most common family found in tropical rainforests and in dry forests in the Americas and Africa.

Etymology

The specific epithet griseidorsata refers to the gray color of the abdominal tergites.

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<i>Lophocampa alternata</i> species of insect

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<i>Lophocampa montana</i> species of insect

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<i>Lophocampa affinis</i> species of insect

Lophocampa affinis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Mexico.

<i>Lophocampa flavodorsata</i> species of insect

Lophocampa flavodorsata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vincent & Laguerre in 2013. It is found in Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.

<i>Lophocampa atriceps</i> species of insect

Lophocampa atriceps is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador (Guayas) and Costa Rica.

<i>Lophocampa herbini</i> species of insect

Lophocampa herbini is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vincent & Laguerre in 2013. It is found in Bolivia and Peru (Cuzco).

<i>Lophocampa sullivani</i> species of insect

Lophocampa sullivani is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Ecuador (Pichincha) and Colombia.

<i>Lophocampa andensis</i> species of insect

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

<i>Lophocampa hyalinipuncta</i> species of insect

Lophocampa hyalinipuncta is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

<i>Lophocampa catenulata</i> species of insect

Lophocampa catenulata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1812. It is found on Cuba and in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru and Argentina.

<i>Lophocampa citrina</i> species of insect

Lophocampa citrina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jan Sepp in 1843. It is found in Mexico, Honduras, Panama, French Guiana, Brazil, Venezuela and the Amazon region.

<i>Lophocampa debilis</i> species of insect

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.

Lophocampa indistincta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1910. It is found in California, where it is only found on the Channel Islands.

<i>Lophocampa margona</i> species of insect

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References

  1. ↑ Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. (2013). "Four new Neotropical Lophocampa species with a redescription of Lophocampa atriceps (Hampson) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)". Zookeys. 264: 47-69. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.264.4166


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