Lophocampa hyalinipuncta (Rothschild, 1909)

Vincent, Benoit, 2018, Two new species of the Neotropical Lophocampahyalinipuncta (Rothschild) group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), ZooKeys 788, pp. 57-67 : 59

Lophocampa hyalinipuncta (Rothschild, 1909)

Halisidota (sic) hyalinipuncta Rothschild, 1909: 217.

Type material.

4 male syntypes. Type locality: Agualani, Carabaya, [Puno], Peru, 9000 feet [2740m], (wet season), Dec[ember] 1905 (G.R. Ockenden). One specimen from the type locality is labelled “TYPE” and "Lectotype male Lophocampa hyalinipuncta Rothshild designated by Vincent, 2018" in NHML. I hereby designate it as lectotype.

Distribution.

Peru (Puno) and Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, and Chuquisaca) (Figure 14).

Comments.

The description of the habitus of Lophocampa hyalinipuncta made by Rothschild (1909) in the original description was supplemented by Hampson (1920: 268). The type specimen, figured in Vincent and Laguerre (2013: 51) and preserved in the NHML, has not been dissected. It was not possible to study specimens from the type locality. Nevertheless, several specimens from Bolivia not far from the type locality and belonging to the same biogeographic zone were dissected.

The male genitalia are identical to that of L. carpishensis sp. n. with the following differences: Uncus narrow; cucullus shorter, transtilla with the end of the triangular tongue more acute. Vesica with dorsal diverticula carrying smaller cornuti with very small spines; two lateral larger diverticuli with wider spines.