Lophocampa griseidorsata

Lophocampa griseidorsata
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Lophocampa
Species:	L. griseidorsata
Binomial name
Lophocampa griseidorsata Vincent & Laguerre, 2013

Lophocampa griseidorsata is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It is found in Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz), Ecuador (Napo, Morona-Santiago, Sucumbios, Azuay) and Peru (San Martin, Cuzco, Pasco).^[1]

The forewings are brown, irrorated with pale and deep brown. There is one whitish spot with a yellow and two small blacks dots at the base, as well as a series of bands formed by whitish spots and organized as follows: a broken antemedial band, a slightly curved medial band with the size of the spots decreasing from the anal border to the costa and a sinuous postmedial band. The hindwings are whitish and slightly tinged with grey on the apex and along the costa. Ventrally, the marks are more contrasted, deep brown centered with yellowish brown.

The larvae feed on several species of Urticaceae, as well as Poaceae, Fabaceae, Ericaceae, Melanostomaceae and Rubiaceae species.

Etymology

The specific epithet griseidorsata refers to the gray color of the abdominal tergites.

References

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