Lophocampa indistincta

Lophocampa indistincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Lophocampa
Species: L. indistincta
Binomial name
Lophocampa indistincta
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Halysidota indistincta Barnes & McDunnough, 1910

Lophocampa indistincta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1910. It is found in California,[1][2] where it is only found on the Channel Islands.[3]

Description

Male

General colour dark ochreous; palpi, front and shaft of antennae light yellow; thorax with some indistinct darker shades. Markings on primaries very obscure; three spots along costa of a light yellowish colour, the first two followed inwardly by a minute spot of similar colour; an obscure spot just beyond cell, from which a faint broken brown line proceeds to middle of inner margin; beyond this another faint line com mencing at vein M2 and ending above inner margin in a uniform spot, slightly lighter than ground colour; a brown dentate submarginal line, most prominent at apex. Secondaries hyaline, tinged with yellow at anal angle.

Beneath hyaline; primaries broadly suffused with dark ochreous at apex and outer margin; costal margin of both wings yellowish, a brown mark just beyond cell, and an incomplete submarginal row of spots of same colour.

Wingspan 43 mm.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Lophocampa indistincta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Bug Guide
  4. ↑ The Canadian Entomologist v.42 (1910) 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 indistincta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  • Lophocampa indistincta at BOLD Systems


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