Biology:Lophocampa nimbifacta

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Short description: Species of moth

Lophocampa nimbifacta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. nimbifacta
Binomial name
Lophocampa nimbifacta
(Dyar, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Halisidota nimbifacta Dyar, 1912

Lophocampa nimbifacta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1912. It is found in Mexico.[1]

Description

Dyar's original description from 1912:

Pale straw-yellow, the hind wings yellowish white, semihyaline. Fore wings opaque, pale yellow, the markings pale brown, faint and nearly obliterate; these are in the form of chainlike bands, with a dark discoloration at the end of the cell and a small speck in the submarginal band between veins 5 and 6. The markings are much as in Halisidota thyopliora Schaus but very much fainter as well as being more regular and chainlike. Expanse: Male, 22 mm.; female, 30 mm.[2]

References

  1. "Lophocampa nimbifacta" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v.42 (1912) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13531714 entry