Chrysoglossa norburyi

Last updated

Chrysoglossa norburyi
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Chrysoglossa
Species:
C. norburyi
Binomial name
Chrysoglossa norburyi
Miller, 2008

Chrysoglossa norburyi is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is found in Costa Rica.

The length of the forewings is 17-18.5 mm for males and 18–21 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is evenly slate gray-brown. The outer margin of the hindwings has a wide, dark slate-gray band extending from the apex to the tornus. The central area is shiny white, semitransparent and dusted with gray scales along the posterior margin. The anal margin is broadly light gray to slate gray and the anterior margin is light gray.

The larvae feed on Alfaroa guanacastensis . The caterpillars show coloring similar to larvae of Nebulosa species.

Etymology

The species is named for Maria Norbury, who gave inspirational support for rainforest conservation in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, where this species lives.

Related Research Articles

Oricia hillmani is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is found along the western slope of the Ecuadorian Andes at elevations ranging between 250 and 900 meters.

Erbessa albilinea is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is found in Costa Rica.

Erbessa lamasi is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is found in south-eastern Peru.

Polypoetes crenulata is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in western Ecuador.

Nebulosa elicioi is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is endemic to the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes.

Nebulosa huacamayensis is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is found in cloud-forest habitats in Ecuador.

Nebulosa yanayacu is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is found along the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes.

Dolophrosyne sinuosa is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is found in the Cosnipata Valley east of Cuzco in Peru.

Scoturopsis franclemonti is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in the eastern Andes of southern Peru.

Xenomigia pinasi is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found along the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes.

Pareuchontha olibra is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found along eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes.

Pareuchontha fuscivena is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is found in the western foothills of the Andes in Colombia.

Stenoplastis dyeri is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found on the eastern side of the Andes in Ecuador.

Tithraustes lambertae is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It occurs in wet forests on the Caribbean slope in Costa Rica.

Tithraustes snyderi is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in cloud-forest habitats within La Amistad, an international park extending from south-central Costa Rica into the Chiriqui Province of Panama.

Dunama mattonii is a moth in the family Notodontidae. It is found in Ecuador.

Xenomigia caesura is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in north-eastern Ecuador.

Xenomigia noctipenna is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in north-eastern Ecuador.

Xenomigia phaeoloma is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in north-eastern Ecuador.

Xenomigia wilmeri is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2011. It is found in north-eastern Ecuador.

References