Lophocampa debilis
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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Lophocampa |
| Species: | L. debilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophocampa debilis (Schaus, 1920) | |
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Description
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
- "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)
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