Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Arctiidae Scientific name Lophocampa montana | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Lophocampa Rank Species | |
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Lophocampa montana is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by William Schaus in 1911. It is known from volcan Poás in Costa Rica.
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Description
Male Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow tinged with rufous; forelegs suffused with red-brown; ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and falcate; yellow slightly tinged with rufous, the costa and inner margin except towards base suffused with rufous; traces of a maculate antemedial band defined by some brown scales and of a similar oblique band from lower angle of cell to inner margin; a blackish discoidal point; traces of oblique maculate postmedial and sub-terminal bands faintly defined by brown scales, the former with some slight brown points on its outer edge. Hind wing semihyaline ochreous white. Hab. Costa Rica, Mt. Poas (Schaus), 1 M. Exp. 42 millim.Taxonomy
Lophocampa propinqua Edwards, 1884 has "Lophocampa montana Gaede, 1928" as a synonym.
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