Elymiotis tlotzin

Elymiotis tlotzin
	Male dorsal (left) and ventral views
	Female dorsal (left) and ventral views
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Elymiotis
Species:	E. tlotzin
Binomial name
	Elymiotis tlotzin; (Schaus, 1892)
Synonyms
	Edema tlotzin Schaus, 1892; Symmerista tlotzin;

Elymiotis tlotzin is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by William Schaus in 1892. It is found in Costa Rica, where it has been collected in the dry forest ecosystem of Peninsula de Nicoya, and in the dry forests of Sector Santa Rosa and Sector Pailas of at elevations between 0 and 800 meters.

The length of the forewings 15.42–19.28 mm.

The larvae feed on Zizyphus guatemalensis.^[1]

References

^ Chacón, I.A.; Janzen, D.H.; Hallwachs, W. 2014: Four new species of Symmerista Hübner, 1816 (Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) from Costa Rica. ZooKeys, 421: 39-63. doi:10.3897/zookeys.421.6342

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[1] Chacón, I.A.; Janzen, D.H.; Hallwachs, W. 2014: Four new species of Symmerista Hübner, 1816 (Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) from Costa Rica. ZooKeys, 421: 39-63. doi:10.3897/zookeys.421.6342

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