Lophocampa sullivani
| Lophocampa sullivani | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Lophocampa |
| Species: | L. sullivani |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophocampa sullivani Vincent & Laguerre, 2013 | |
Lophocampa sullivani is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It is found in Ecuador (Pichincha) and Colombia (Valle del Cauca).[1]
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.
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- ↑ Vincent, B. & M. Laguerre, 2013: Four new Neotropical Lophocampa species with a redescription of Lophocampa atriceps (Hampson) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zookeys 264: 47-69. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4166
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