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Tithraustes noctiluces

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Species of moth

Tithraustes noctiluces
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Tithraustes
Species: T. noctiluces
Binomial name
Tithraustes noctiluces
(Butler, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Dioptis noctiluces Butler, 1872
  • Dioptis salvini C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874

Tithraustes noctiluces is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Panama, Costa Rica and El Salvador.

It is the smallest species in the genus Tithraustes 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, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.
Taxon identifiers
Tithraustes noctiluces


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