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Lophocampa dognini

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Lophocampa dognini
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. dognini
Binomial name
Lophocampa dognini
(Rothschild, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Halisidota dognini Rothschild, 1910

Lophocampa dognini, the Rothschild's marbled tiger,[1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Peru.[2]

Description

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Male

Legs orange buff ringed with brown; pectus buff; palpi orange buff, extreme tip of third segment brown; head orange buff; antennae pale brown; thorax orange buff with black dots on tegulae and patagia; abdomen buff washed with a darker shade. Forewing deep orange buff, nervures orange, the whole wing sown with dark brown dots and spots, a quadrate dark brown patch in cell and a larger irregular one on discocellulars. Hindwing semihyaline buff.

Female

Similar but larger.

Length of forewing: male 25 mm and female 28 mm.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Lophocampo dognini at Moths of the World
  2. ^ Lophocampa dognini at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Novitates Zoologicae v.19 (1912)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 dognini​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  • Lophocampa dognini at BOLD Systems