Chetone angulosa

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Chetone angulosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chetone
Species:
C. angulosa
Binomial name
Chetone angulosa
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Pericopis angulosaWalker, 1854
  • Chetone heliconidesBoisduval, 1870
  • Pericopis irenidesButler, 1872

Chetone angulosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Central America and northern South America, including Venezuela, Guatemala, Belize, [1] Panama [2] and Costa Rica. [3]

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References

  1. Moths of Belize
  2. BOLD Systems
  3. Savela, Markku. "Chetone angulosa (Walker, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 24, 2018.