Lophocampa pectina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1896. It is found in Mexico.[1]

Lophocampa pectina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lophocampa
Species:
L. pectina
Binomial name
Lophocampa pectina
(Schaus, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Halysidota pectina Schaus, 1896

Description edit

Antenna very deeply pectinated in the (male). Head and thorax dark buff; two black points on the collar and two on each patagia. Body chrome yellow. Primaries yellow with a broad basal and median transverse grayish shade; a double terminal and subterminal fine dark wavy line, the space within filled with a darker shade; the fringe yellowish with some black spots. Secondaries yellow. Expanse, M 41 mm.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Lophocampa pectina" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Journal of the New York Entomological Society v.4 (1896)  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocampa pectina​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  • Lophocampa pectina at BOLD Systems