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Lophocampa sullivani

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Arctiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lophocampa

Lophocampa sullivani

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Lophocampa sullivani is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It is found in Ecuador (Pichincha) and Colombia (Valle del Cauca).

The forewings are yellowish, irrorated with chestnut brown and a series of creamy-white spots with diffuse brown edges. One orange spot with two small black dots is found at the base. The hindwings are yellowish white slightly tinged with fuscous on the apex and along the costa.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of J. Bolling Sullivan who collected this species in 1988.

References

Lophocampa sullivani Wikipedia