Xenorma cytheris
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Xenorma |
Species: | X. cytheris
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Binomial name | |
Xenorma cytheris (Druce, 1891)
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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.