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Xenorma cytheris

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Xenorma cytheris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Xenorma
Species:
X. cytheris
Binomial name
Xenorma cytheris
(Druce, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Phaeochlaena cytheris Druce, 1891

Xenorma cytheris is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is widely distributed in Central America, occurring from Veracruz, Mexico, south to Costa Rica.

Adults have bright yellow fore- and hindwing markings on a dark chocolate-brown ground color.

References

  • Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.