Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Arctiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Lophocampa | |
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Lophocampa modesta is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by William Forsell Kirby in 1892. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Suriname, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Venezuela.
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.
The wingspan for the males is 36-40 mm and the female was measured at 46 mm.