Tithraustes noctiluces
| Tithraustes noctiluces | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Dioptinae |
| Tribe: | Dioptini |
| Genus: | Tithraustes |
| Species: | T. noctiluces |
| Binomial name | |
| Tithraustes noctiluces (Butler, 1872) | |
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Tithraustes noctiluces is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in Panama, Costa Rica and El Salvador.
It is the smallest species in the Tithraustes genus with a forewing length of 10.5–13 mm for males.
Larvae have been reared on Heliconia latispatha and palms in four different genera: Asterogyne martiana, Calyptrogyne trichostachys, Chamaedorea tepejilote and Geonoma cuneata.
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.
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