Correbidia terminalis
Correbidia terminalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Arctiidae |
Genus: | Correbidia |
Species: | C. terminalis |
Binomial name | |
Correbidia terminalis (Walker, 1856) | |
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Correbidia terminalis is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It is found from Mexico through Central America (including Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama) and Cuba and Puerto Rico to South America (including Venezuela).
It is an extremely polymorphic species with the forewings varying from plain orange through banded orange and black to almost black.[1]
The larvae feed on the leaves of Cecropia peltata.[2]