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Lophocampa aenone

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Lophocampa aenone
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. aenone
Binomial name
Lophocampa aenone
(Butler, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Halesidota aenone Butler, 1878

Lophocampa aenone is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela and Ecuador.[1]

Description

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Primaries above semitransparent whitey brown, crossed by wavy grey lines much as in the preceding species, but with no oblique central line; a more or less marked blackish spot at the inferior extremity of the cell; secondaries hyaline white; thorax brown, abdomen creamy white; primaries below less strongly marked than above; body sordid white: expanse, M 1 inch 2 lines; F 1 inch 4 lines.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Lophocampa aenone at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (1878)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 aenone​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.