Lophocampa pectina
Lophocampa pectina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1896. It is found in Mexico.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Lophocampa |
| Species: | L. pectina |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophocampa pectina (Schaus, 1896) | |
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Description
Antenna very deeply pectinated in the (male). Head and thorax dark buff; two black points on the collar and two on each patagia. Body chrome yellow. Primaries yellow with a broad basal and median transverse grayish shade; a double terminal and subterminal fine dark wavy line, the space within filled with a darker shade; the fringe yellowish with some black spots. Secondaries yellow. Expanse, M 41 mm.[2]
References
- "Lophocampa pectina" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Journal of the New York Entomological Society v.4 (1896)
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- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocampa pectina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- Lophocampa pectina at BOLD Systems
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