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Ischnocampa mamona (Dognin)
Theages mamona Dognin, 1892, p. 144.
Ischnocampa mamona (Dognin) Hampson, 1901a, p. 115.
Forewing 22.5 mm. Head and thorax greyish yellow. Forewing greyish yellow, with greyish brown markings. Hindwing brownish white, with light greyish brown distally. Abdomen yellowish light brown except for orange-yellow tail fringe.
Described from one male and one female from near Loja [Ecuador]. The female paralectotype is in the USNM collection.
Lectotype ♂: “Dognin Collection; Type No. 30379 U.S.N.M.; Environs de Loja, Equateur, 1890, ♂; Theages mamona ♂; type figuré, 1894; Lectotype ♂ Theages mamona By A. Watson 1967; Arctiidae genitalia slide No. AW577.”
- bibliographic citation
- Watson, Allan. 1973. "An illustrated catalog of the Neotropic Arctiinae types in the United States National Museum (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) Part 2." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.50.1
Ischnocampa mamona: Brief Summary
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Ischnocampa mamona is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1892. It is found in Ecuador.
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