Lophocampa longipennis

Lophocampa longipennis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1908. It is found in Bolivia.[1]

Lophocampa longipennis
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. longipennis
Binomial name
Lophocampa longipennis
(Dognin, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Halysidota longipennis Dognin, 1908

Description

Male

Head and thorax orange slightly tinged with brown; ... abdomen orange, the hair at base and ventral surface pale yellow. Fore wing long and narrow; pale yellow, the costa and inner margin more orange; ... Hind wing very pale yellow, semihyaline. ...

Exp,. 40 millim.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Lophocampa longipennis (Dognin, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum S.v2 (1920)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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