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Lophocampa andensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Arctiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lophocampa

Lophocampa andensis

Lophocampa andensis is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1896. It is found in Colombia.

Description

Male

Head and thorax red brown mixed with ochreous brown; palpi white below, and orange at sides at extremity of 2nd joint, white marks above frons and behind antennae; tegulae edged with white, patagia with white patches; legs brown and white, fore femora orange at sides; abdomen brown, with slight orange dorsal bands on terminal segments, the ventral surface white with some brown marks. Forewing dark brown, thickly irrorated with ochreous; some white marks at base; an antemedial maculate band acutely angled in cell; a medial series of spots slightly angled on median nervure, then oblique; a spot in end of cell and two points on discocellulars, with a spot on costa above them; postmedial and subterminal series of spots, the former with the spots above veins 4 and 3 smaller and displaced outwards; a terminal series of points. Hindwing white, with some ochreous and brown spots on terminal two-thirds of costal area on underside.

Female

Abdomen brown and white; forewing with hardly any ochreous irroration.

Wingspan 46 mm for the male and 52 mm for the female.

References

Lophocampa andensis Wikipedia