Lophocampa andensis

Lophocampa andensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Lophocampa
Species:	L. andensis
Binomial name
	Lophocampa andensis; (Schaus, 1896)
Synonyms
	Halisidota andensis Schaus, 1896;

Lophocampa andensis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Schaus in 1896. It is found in Colombia.[1]

Description

Male

Head and thorax red brown mixed with ochreous brown; palpi white below, and orange at sides at extremity of 2nd joint, white marks above frons and behind antennae; tegulae edged with white, patagia with white patches; legs brown and white, fore femora orange at sides; abdomen brown, with slight orange dorsal bands on terminal segments, the ventral surface white with some brown marks. Forewing dark brown, thickly irrorated with ochreous; some white marks at base; an antemedial maculate band acutely angled in cell; a medial series of spots slightly angled on median nervure, then oblique; a spot in end of cell and two points on discocellulars, with a spot on costa above them; postmedial and subterminal series of spots, the former with the spots above veins 4 and 3 smaller and displaced outwards; a terminal series of points. Hindwing white, with some ochreous and brown spots on terminal two-thirds of costal area on underside.

Female

Abdomen brown and white; forewing with hardly any ochreous irroration.

Wingspan 46 mm for the male and 52 mm for the female.[2]

References

Lophocampa andensis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum v.3 (1901) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Vincent, B. & M. Laguerre, 2013: Four new Neotropical Lophocampa species with a redescription of Lophocampa atriceps (Hampson) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zookeys 264: 47-69. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4166
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocampa andensis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

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[1] Lophocampa andensis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum v.3 (1901) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.