Lophocampa grotei

Lophocampa grotei is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1904. It is found on Cuba.[1]

Lophocampa grotei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. grotei
Binomial name
Lophocampa grotei
(Schaus, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Halysidota grotei Schaus, 1904
  • Halisidota grotei Hampson, 1920

Description

Male

Body fawn colored; two black points behind head; a black point on patagia; lateral black rings on abdomen; legs spotted at joints. Wings fawn color. Primaries with very irregular black irrorations (sprinkles) and lines, forming a darker inner and outer band, the former bifurcated on costa. Secondaries with an irregular subterminal black band.

Female

Similar, paler, the irrorations on primaries forming more even, fine, transverse lines about twelve in number, and not suffusing as in the male. Secondaries with a dark discal point, and the marginal dark band still more distinct. Below similar.

Wingspan for the male 32 mm and for the female 39 mm.[2]

Halisidota grotei[3]
gollark: I don't really like them.
gollark: If you can actually do all the war stuff.
gollark: I'm just saying, finding a particularly defensible area and becoming a warlord might not be terrible.
gollark: Population density is generally higher too though, I think.
gollark: Plus, significant amounts of functional technology (and buildings!).

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Lophocampa grotei (Schaus, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society v.30 (1904) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum S.v2 (1920)


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