Chrysoglossa maxima

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Chrysoglossa maxima
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Chrysoglossa
Species:
C. maxima
Binomial name
Chrysoglossa maxima
(H. Druce, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Polypoetes maximusH. Druce, 1897

Chrysoglossa maxima is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala.

It is one of the largest species in the subfamily Dioptinae. The forewing length of females ranges up to 26 mm and males are only slightly smaller.

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Scotura fulviceps is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Brazil, Guyana and Peru.

Erbessa biplagiata is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by William Warren in 1897. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.

Erbessa labana is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.

Erbessa prolifera is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Brazil, Guyana and Peru.

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Polypoetes rufipuncta is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in south-eastern Brazil.

Brachyglene crocearia is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by William Schaus in 1912. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala.

Chrysoglossa mexicana is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Hering in 1925. It is found in Mexico.

Nebulosa creon is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found in Costa Rica.

Nebulosa thanatos is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Peru and Bolivia.

Nebulosa halesius is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found in Costa Rica.

Dioptis butes is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found from Costa Rica north to Belize and Veracruz in Mexico.

Dioptis incerta is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Hering in 1925. It is found in Peru.

"Scoturopsis" seitzi is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Hering in 1925. It is found in Bolivia.

"Xenomigia" disciplaga is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Colombia.

Euchlaenidia albilinea is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Schaus in 1912. It is found in Costa Rica.

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