Lophocampa modesta

Lophocampa modesta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Forsell Kirby in 1892. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Suriname, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru[1] and Venezuela.[2]

Lophocampa modesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. modesta
Binomial name
Lophocampa modesta
Kirby, 1892
Synonyms
  • Halysidota sobrina Möschler, 1878 (preocc. Stretch, 1878)
  • Halysidota sobrinella Strand, 1919

Description

In 1901 George Hampson described the species as follows:

Ochreous; palpi with black spot at side of 2nd joint; tegulae, patagia, tibiae, and tarsi spotted with black. Fore wing with fine double minutely dentate subbasal, antemedial, medial, and postmedial dark lines, the last bent outwards to inner margin; dark patches on costal area on antemedial line and at end of cell, and often on middle of inner margin; an irregularly dentate subterminal line angled inwards above vein 5, where there is often a black spot on it; a crenulate terminal line. Hind wing pale ochreous.[3]

The wingspan for the males is 36–40 mm and the female was measured at 46 mm.

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References
"Halisdota sobrina" drawing from 1901
  1. "Lophocampa modesta" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. BOLD Systems
  3. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum v.3 (1901) 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 modesta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.


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