Lophocampa hyalinipuncta

Lophocampa hyalinipuncta
	Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Lophocampa
Species:	L. hyalinipuncta
Binomial name
	Lophocampa hyalinipuncta; (Rothschild, 1909)
Synonyms
	Halisidota hyalinipunctaRothschild, 1909;

Last updated June 09, 2025

Lophocampa hyalinipuncta is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Carchi), Peru (Huanuco, Puno, Amazonas) and Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca).^[1]

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Description

Male

Frons white mixed with black hairs and with a chevron-shaped black mark; vertex greyish black; thorax black, splashed and mixed with creamy white, inner side of patagia orange buff; abdomen orange buff above, densely clothed with sooty hairs, last segment sooty grey. Forewing sooty black, densely irrorated (sprinkled) with creamy white, a number of basal patches, costal patches, and a transverse row of submarginal patches creamy white; disc of wing occupied by four irregular transverse bands of large hyaline (glass-like) patches. Hindwing hyaline white, yellowish at base.

Length of forewing 23–27 mm.^[3]

References

↑ 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
↑ Novitates Zoologicae v.17 (1910)
↑ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8th ser. v.4 (1909) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Savela, Markku. "Lophocampa hyalinipuncta (Rothschild, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocampa hyalinipuncta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 8, 2018.
"Taxonomy Browser: Lophocampa hyalinipuncta". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved September 22, 2019.
"Lophocampa hyalinipuncta". Encyclopedia of Life. Archived from the original December 23, 2016.

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[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

[2] Novitates Zoologicae v.17 (1910)

[3] The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8th ser. v.4 (1909) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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