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]
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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 | |
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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.
References
- "Lophocampa modesta" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- BOLD Systems
- 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.