Erruca cardinale
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| Species: | C. cardinale
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| Cosmosoma cardinale Hampson, 1898
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Erruca cardinalis; Erruca cardinale | |
Cosmosoma cardinale is a moth of the Arctiidae family and was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in the zoogeographic neotropical region, specifically Brazil.[1] While São Paulo was where Cosmosoma cardinale was first encountered this moth is also found in other parts of Brazil like Santa Catarina, specifically in the towns of Bom Jardim da Serra, Brusque, Joinville, and São Bento do Sul.[2][3] The Cosmosoma cardinale is described as a day-flying moth,[4] meaning that unlike most species of moth it is active during the day and sleeps at night. The lectotype is designated Cosmosoma cardinalis Hampson.[5] In volume one of the Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae (1898) the Cosmosoma cardinale is described as,
"Black-brown; antennae white at tips; tegulae with white points; patagia with crimson patches; legs with white spots; abdomen with lateral patches of crimson at base, and dorsal and two lateral series of white points, the 1st dorsal spot large; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with crimson spot below base of median nervure and patch on basal part of inner margin followed by a whiteish mark; a discocellular black patch; the terminal band very wide on apical area and expanding at tornus; cilia white at apex. Hind wing with the innter area brilliant crimson; the terminal band expanding slightly at apex and above tornus."[6]
References
- ^ Encyclopedia Britannica, "faunal region." http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/202763/faunal-region
- ^ Cosmosoma at funet
- ^ Mariposas Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) do estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil Ferro, V.G. et al. Biota Neotrop. 2012, 12(4): 000-000. http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v12n4/en/abstract?inventory+bn01312042012
- ^ Klots, Alexander B. 1903-1989. The World of Butterflies And Moths. New York: McGraw-Hill, 195.
- ^ New zoology study findings have been reported by scientists at University of Sao Paulo. Science Letter. (Sept. 28, 2010) p1575.
- ^ British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology; George Francis Hampson (1898), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum (Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. ed.), London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, OCLC 1110975