Biology:Lophocampa catenulata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Lophocampa |
| Species: | L. catenulata
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| Lophocampa catenulata (Hübner, [1812])
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Lophocampa catenulata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1812. It is found on Cuba and in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil , Peru and Argentina .[1][2]
The larvae feed on Inga vera.[3]
Description
It is generally yellow; head and thorax slightly marked with brown; abdomen pale below. Forewing with numerous fine, rather irregularly-waved brown lines, two of them forming a rather sinuous oblique band from the lower angle of the cell to the inner margin; there is a dark point at angle of discocellulars, and sometimes a whitish streak on the lower discocellular; a dark point on the subterminal line above vein 5; a dentate terminal line. Hindwing yellowish white; 4, 5 from cell or stalked, 8 a spur.
The wingspan for the male is 30–40 mm and for the female 36–46 mm.
Larva white; head yellowish; 1st somite with a dorsal green patch, the 2nd with a dorsal black patch; a blackish dorsal line; the anterior and posterior somites with tufts of long white hair projecting forward and backward; two tufts of yellow hair on terminal somite; the rest of hair white. Cocoon white. Pupa green. Food plant, Inga vera.[3]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Lophocampa catenulata (Hübner, [1812)"]. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/lophocampa/#catenulata. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ↑ Toulgoët, Hervé de; Navatte, Jocelyne (2000). "Lophocampa catenulata (Hübner, 1812)". http://www7.inra.fr/papillon/arct_guy/boite_11/texte/l_catenu.htm. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum v.3 (1901)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Lophocampa catenulata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=43155.
Wikidata ☰ Q13531731 entry
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