Calodesma maculifrons

Calodesma maculifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Calodesma
Species: C. maculifrons
Binomial name
Calodesma maculifrons
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Stenele maculifrons Walker, [1865]
  • Acribia maculifrons
  • Cocastra melanchroia Boisduval, 1870[1]
  • Acribia melanchroia Felder, 1874
  • Calodesma melanchroia

Calodesma maculifrons is a moth of the Erebidae family. It was described by Walker in 1865. It is found in Mexico, Honduras,[2] Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama and Ecuador.[3][4][5]

Adults are sexually dimorphic. Males have a yellow or orange ground colour, while females have a black ground colour.

Larvae have been reared on several various Malpighiaceae species.

References

  1. ↑ Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa
  2. ↑ Calodesma at funet
  3. ↑ BOLD Systems
  4. ↑ Calodesma at funet
  5. ↑ BOLD Systems
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, February 25, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.