Lophocampa dognini

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]

Lophocampa dognini
Scientific classification
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

Description

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]

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References
  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) 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


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