Lophocampa niveigutta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Brazil and Colombia.[1]
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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. niveigutta
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophocampa niveigutta (Walker, 1856)
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Description
editMale and female. Testaceous, paler beneath. Thorax with two pale brown stripes. Fore wings with several oblique undulating tawny lines, with two oblique brown bands, and with an exterior blackish brown dot; first band curved, irregular; second straight. Hind wings white. Male. — Antennae nearly as long as the body. Abdomen white at the tip. Length of the body 4 — 7 lines; of the wings 12 — 18 lines.[2]
Note: A line is probably about 1⁄12 of an inch.
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Lophocampa niveigutta (Walker, 1856)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum pt.7 (1854)
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 niveigutta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- Halysidota niveigutta at BHL
- "Taxonomy Browser: Lophocampa niveigutta". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved September 22, 2019.