Lophocampa debilis

Lophocampa debilis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1920. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica and Guatemala.[1][2]

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

Description

Male. Body and forewings pale brownish yellow, whitish at base of abdomen dorsally; black points on tegulae; forewings crossed by numerous wavy brown lines; antemedial line defined by grayish shadings, a medial line similarly shaded from subcostal vein to inner margin; a black point on discocellular; a small subterminal dark brown dash between veins 5 and 6, inner margin grayish brown.

Hindwings yellowish white.

Wingspan 31 mm.

Habitat: Cayuga, Guatemala, also in collection from Mexico and Costa Rica.

Altogether paler than Lophocampa citrina Sepp and without the white spot on forewing.[3]

References

  1. "Lophocampa Harris, 1841" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. BOLD Systems
  3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v.57 (1921) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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