Lophocampa hyalinipuncta (Rothschild, 1909)

Vincent, Benoit & Laguerre, Michel, 2013, Four new Neotropical Lophocampa species with a redescription of Lophocampa atriceps (Hampson) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), ZooKeys 264, pp. 47-69 : 63

Lophocampa hyalinipuncta (Rothschild, 1909) Figs 2, 8, 1420

Halisidota hyalinipuncta Rothschild, 1909: 217.

Type material.

Described from four male syntypes [BMNH]. Type locality: [Peru], [Puno], Agualani, Carabaya. One specimen of this syntype series is labelled ‘TYPE’. The same specimen is labelled "Halisidota hyalinipuncta Rothschild Type" on a pink label in Rothschild’s hand.

Diagnosis.

Lophocampa hyalinipuncta can be distinguished from Lophocampa atriceps , Lophocampa flavodorsata sp. n. and Lophocampa sullivanni sp. n. by the different pattern of scales on the Abdomen - The spots of the subterminal band of the forewing are also significantly smaller than the spots on the postmedial band, a character that separates hyalinipuncta from the other species of the group.

Biology and distribution.

Early stages unknown. Distribution: Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Carchi); Peru (Huanuco, Puno, Amazonas); Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca).