Lophocampa hyalinipuncta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Lophocampa |
| Species: | L. hyalinipuncta
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophocampa hyalinipuncta (Rothschild, 1909)
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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]
Description[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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.