Lophocampa herbini

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

Lophocampa herbini is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vincent & Laguerre in 2013. It is found in Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba) and Peru (Cuzco). [1]

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Description

The forewings are brown, irrorated with pale or deep brown. One whitish spot with one yellow and two small black dots are found at the base. There is also a series of bands formed by whitish spots and organized as follows: a broken antemedial band, a slightly curved medial band, and a sinuous postmedial band. The hindwings are whitish and slightly tinged with grey on the apex and along the costa. The ventral pattern is more contrasting, deep brown centered with yellowish-brown. [2]

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Daniel Herbin, specialist of Saturniidae.

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<i>Lophocampa lineata</i> Species of moth

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<i>Lophocampa brunnea</i> Species of moth

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<i>Lophocampa albitegula</i> Species of moth

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<i>Lophocampa alternata</i> Species of moth

Lophocampa alternata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1867. It is known from Cuba.

<i>Lophocampa albiguttata</i> Species of moth

Lophocampa albiguttata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1870. It is known from Honduras and possibly Mexico.

<i>Lophocampa propinqua</i> Species of moth

Lophocampa propinqua is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Henry Edwards in 1884. It is known from Mexico and Central America.

<i>Lophocampa montana</i> Species of moth

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.

<i>Andesobia sanguinea</i> Species of moth

Andesobia sanguinea is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by George Hampson in 1907. It is found in the Lake Titicaca region of Peru and Bolivia.

<i>Lophocampa flavodorsata</i> Species of moth

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 moth

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 griseidorsata</i> Species of moth

Lophocampa griseidorsata is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Vincent and Laguerre in 2013. It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.

<i>Lophocampa sullivani</i> Species of moth

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

<i>Lophocampa andensis</i> Species of moth

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 moth

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>Idalus maesi</i> Species of moth

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Lophocampa neibaensis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Benoît Vincent in 2005. It is found in the Dominican Republic.

Trichromia phaeocrota is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in French Guiana and Venezuela.

References

  1. Vincent, B. & M. Laguerre, 2013: Four new Neotropical Lophocampa species with a redescription of Lophocampa atriceps (Hampson) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zookeys264: 47-69. Abstract and full article: doi : 10.3897/zookeys.264.4166
  2. Laguerre, Michel; 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 . PMC   3668375 . PMID   23730177.