Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Arctiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Lophocampa | |
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Similar Lophocampa annulosa, Lophocampa roseata, Lophocampa argentata, Lophocampa, Lophocampa maculata | ||
Lophocampa dognini, the Rothschild's marbled tiger, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Peru.
Description
Male
Legs orange buff ringed with brown; pectus buff; palpi orange buff, extreme tip of third segment brown; head orange buff; antennae pale brown; thorax orange buff with black dots on tegulae and patagia; abdomen buff washed with a darker shade. Forewing deep orange buff, nervures orange, the whole wing sown with dark brown dots and spots, a quadrate dark brown patch in cell and a larger irregular one on discocellulars. Hindwing semihyaline buff.
Female
Similar but larger.
Length of forewing: male 25 mm and female 28 mm.
References
Lophocampa dognini Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA