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]
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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. indistincta
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| Lophocampa indistincta (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
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Description
editMale
General color dark ocherous; 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 color, the first two followed inwardly by a minute spot of similar color; an obscure spot just beyond cell, from which a faint broken brown line proceeds to middle of inner margin; beyond this another faint line commencing at vein M2 and ending above inner margin in a uniform spot, slightly lighter than ground color; a brown dentate submarginal line, most prominent at apex. Secondaries hyaline (glass like), 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 color.
Wingspan 43 mm.[4]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Lophocampa indistincta (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ "930374.00 – 8215 – Lophocampa indistincta – (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ Entz, Chuck (August 28, 2010). "Species Lophocampa indistincta - Hodges#8215". BugGuide. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- "Taxonomy Browser: Lophocampa indistincta". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved June 8, 2019.