Biology:Lophocampa albipennis
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Lophocampa |
| Species: | L. albipennis
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| Lophocampa albipennis (Hampson, 1904)
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Lophocampa albipennis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1904. It is found on the Bahamas.[1]
Description
Female
Head and thorax white; tegulae and patagia with indistinct fuscous annuli; palpi with fuscous marks at sides; legs with slight fuscous bands, the fore femora yellow above; abdomen white, dorsally yellow except at extremity. Forewing white with numerous waved interrupted fuscous lines forming obscure annuli; an antemedial semicircular mark on costa; a discoidal lunule with illdefined oblique band formed by the waved lines from it to inner margin. Hindwing pure white.
Wingspan, 50–54 mm.[2]
References
- ↑ Lophocampa albipennis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum S.v2 (1920)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Lophocampa albipennis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=43134.
Wikidata ☰ Q13531739 entry
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