Lophocampa albotestaceus

Lophocampa albotestaceus male

Lophocampa albotestaceus female

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Phaegopterina
Genus: Lophocampa
Species: Lophocampa albotestaceus

Name

Lophocampa albotestaceus Rothschild, 1909: 223 [1]

Type locality: Venezuela, [Bolivar], La Vuelta, Caura River.

Type material: BMNH Female holotype.

Synonyms

• Opharus albotestaceus Rothschild, 1909 (Original combination)
• Pelochyta albotestacea; Hampson, 1920:219 [2]
• Pelochyta albotestaceus; Watson & Goodger, 1986:16
• Lophocampa albotestaceus Laguerre & Vincent, 2021:107

References

Primary references

• Rothschild, L.W. 1909b. Descriptions of new South-American Arctianae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4: 205-229. Full article (BHL). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hampson, G.F. 1920. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement Volume 2. Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the collection of the British Museum: i–xxiv, 1-619. BHL, pl.42-71 [3] Reference page. 
• Watson, A. & Goodger, D.T. 1986. Catalogue of the Neotropical Tiger-moths. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 1: 1–71. Reference page. 
• Laguerre, M. & Vincent, B. 2021. Pairing of two highly sexually dimorphic species within the genus Lophocampa Harris, 1841 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiini). Zootaxa 4927(1): 104–112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.1.6 Reference page.