| Lophocampa grotei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Lophocampa |
| Species: | L. grotei |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophocampa grotei (Schaus, 1904) | |
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Lophocampa grotei is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1904. It is found on Cuba. [1]
Male
Body fawn colored; two black points behind head; a black point on patagia; lateral black rings on abdomen; legs spotted at joints. Wings fawn color. Primaries with very irregular black irrorations (sprinkles) and lines, forming a darker inner and outer band, the former bifurcated on costa. Secondaries with an irregular subterminal black band.
Female
Similar, paler, the irrorations on primaries forming more even, fine, transverse lines about twelve in number, and not suffusing as in the male. Secondaries with a dark discal point, and the marginal dark band still more distinct. Below similar.
Wingspan for the male 32 mm and for the female 39 mm. [2]
Lophocampa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841. It contains around 75 species.
Lophocampa ingens is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1881. It is found in the southern Rocky Mountains and in Mexico.
Lophocampa montana is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1911. It is known from Poás Volcano in Costa Rica.
Lophocampa andensis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Schaus in 1896. It is found in Colombia.
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.
Episcepsis sixola is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1910. It is found in Costa Rica.
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.
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.
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 dinora is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1924. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.
Lophocampa dognini, the Rothschild's marbled tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Peru.
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.
Lophocampa laroipa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1893. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador and Brazil.
Lophocampa luxa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1866. It is found on Cuba.
Lophocampa margona is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1896. It is found in Mexico.
Lophocampa modesta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Forsell Kirby in 1892. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Suriname, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Venezuela.
Lophocampa nimbifacta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1912. It is found in Mexico.
Lophocampa niveigutta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Brazil and Colombia.
Lophocampa pectina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1896. It is found in Mexico.
Nordstromia humerata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1896. It is found in north-eastern India.
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