Lophocampa debilis
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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. debilis
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Binomial name | |
Lophocampa debilis (Schaus, 1920)
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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.[1][2]
Description
[edit]Male. Body and forewings pale brownish yellow, whitish at base of abdomen dorsally; black points on tegulae; forewings crossed by numerous wavy brown lines; antemedial line defined by grayish shadings, a medial line similarly shaded from subcostal vein to inner margin; a black point on discocellular; a small subterminal dark brown dash between veins 5 and 6, inner margin grayish brown.
Hindwings yellowish white.
Wingspan 31 mm.
Habitat: Cayuga, Guatemala, also in collection from Mexico and Costa Rica.
Altogether paler than Lophocampa citrina Sepp and without the white spot on forewing.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lophocampa Harris, 1841" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ BOLD Systems
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum v.57 (1921) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.