Lophocampa dinora

Lophocampa dinora
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. dinora
Binomial name
Lophocampa dinora
(Schaus, 1924)
Synonyms
  • Halysidota dinora Schaus, 1924

Lophocampa dinora is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1924. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.[1][2]

Description

Male: Abdomen above orange buff; dorsal black spots, larger terminally, containing white scales; lateral triangular white spots edged with black; underneath white with transverse black lines. Legs with black orange and white markings. Forewing white faintly tinged with buff, the markings fuscous black except a small orange buff spot at base; veins fuscous black. Hindwing white. Wings below very similar to upperside.

Wingspan 44 mm.[3]

References

  1. ^ Lophocampa dinora at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Lophocampa dinora at BOLD System
  3. ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum v.65 (1925)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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