Lophocampa atriceps

Lophocampa atriceps is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Colombia (Valle del Cauca), Ecuador (Guayas) and Costa Rica (Alajuela, Guanacaste, Puntarenas, Cartago).[1]

Lophocampa atriceps
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. atriceps
Binomial name
Lophocampa atriceps
(Hampson, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Elysius atriceps Hampson, 1901

Description

The forewings are brown, irrorated with light and dark brown. There is one yellow spot and two small blacks dots at the base and a series of bands formed by whitish spots, arranged as follows: the antemedial band is composed of three spots, the medial band is curved and composed of seven dark spots, the postmedial band is sinuous and is formed by a series of different sized spots, the three adjacent to the costa being the largest. The hindwings are white and slightly tinged with yellow marks on the apex and along the costa, with a yellow tint along the anal border. Markings on the ventral surface are more contrasting.

The wingspan for the male is about 54 mm.[2]

References
  1. Vincent, Benoit; Laguerre, Michel (2013). "Four new Neotropical Lophocampa species with a redescription of Lophocampa atriceps (Hampson) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)". ZooKeys. 264 (264): 47–69. doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4166. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3668375. PMID 23730177.
  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.


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