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Chrostosoma guianensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Tribe:	Arctiini
Genus:	Chrostosoma
Species:	C. guianensis
Binomial name
Chrostosoma guianensis Kaye, 1918

Chrostosoma guianensis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William James Kaye in 1918. It is found in Guyana.

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are hyaline (glass like), smoky, with dark scaling at the base, along the inner margin and at the apex. The hindwings are smoky hyaline, with the apex and inner margin narrowly darker.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Chrostosoma guianensis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku. "Chrostosoma guianensis Kaye, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
3. "Descriptions from the Joicey collection of new species of Syntomidae, Nymphalidae, and Hesperidae, and two genera of Syntomidae" This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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