Lophocampa dognini
Lophocampa dognini, the Rothschild's marbled tiger,[1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Peru.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Lophocampa |
| Species: | L. dognini |
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| Lophocampa dognini (Rothschild, 1910) | |
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Description
Male
Legs orange buff ringed with brown; pectus buff; palpi orange buff, extreme tip of third segment brown; head orange buff; antennae pale brown; thorax orange buff with black dots on tegulae and patagia; abdomen buff washed with a darker shade. Forewing deep orange buff, nervures orange, the whole wing sown with dark brown dots and spots, a quadrate dark brown patch in cell and a larger irregular one on discocellulars. Hindwing semihyaline buff.
Female
Similar but larger.
Length of forewing: male 25 mm and female 28 mm.[3]
References
- Lophocampo dognini at Moths of the World
- Lophocampa dognini at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Novitates Zoologicae v.19 (1912)
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- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocampa dognini". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- Lophocampa dognini at BOLD Systems
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