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Ischnocampa celer (Schaus)
Carales celer Schaus, 1892, p. 282.
Ischnocampa celer (Schaus) Hampson, 1901a, p. 115.
Forewing 21.0 mm. Front of head greyish brown; vertex yellowish brown. Patagia with brown anterior spot; rest of thorax pale brownish yellow. Forewing pale brownish yellow, with yellowish brown markings. Hindwing greyish brown, becoming much paler toward base. Abdomen yellowish brown dorsally, with light yellow laterally, edged on extreme lateral margin of tergum with yellowish brown; ventrally light yellow, with medial yellowish brown areas on segments 4–7.
Described from an unspecified number of examples from “Rio Janeiro” [state of Rio de Janeiro], Brazil. There are no specimens in the USNM collection from the type-locality other than the lectotype.
Lectotype ♀: “Collection Wm. Schaus; Nova Friburgo, Brazil; Type No. 11066 U.S.N.M.; Carales celer Schs. Type; Lectotype ♂ Carales celer Schaus By A. Watson 1967; Arctiidae genitalia slide No. AW576.”
- 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 celer: Brief Summary
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Ischnocampa celer is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1892. It is found in Brazil.
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