Lophocampa endolobata

Lophocampa endolobata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Brazil.[1]

Lophocampa endolobata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. endolobata
Binomial name
Lophocampa endolobata
(Hampson, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Halisidota endolobata Hampson, 1901

Description

Ochreous; head and thorax tinged with brown; abdomen yellow. Forewing with about ten waved brown lines forming lunulate spots on postmedial area and somewhat diamond-shaped subterminal spots; a large clouded discoidal spot. Hindwing pale semihyaline yellow.

Wingspan 40 mm.[2]

References

  1. Lophocampa endolobata at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum v.3 (1901)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocampa endolobata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.


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