Tithraustes caliginosa

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Tithraustes caliginosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Tithraustes
Species:
T. caliginosa
Binomial name
Tithraustes caliginosa
(Dognin, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Polypoetes caliginosaDognin, 1902

"Tithraustes" caliginosa is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Ecuador.

Taxonomy

The species does not belong in Tithraustes , but has not been placed in another genus yet.

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

Tithraustes albinigra is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is endemic to cloud forest habitats in northern Panama and southern Costa Rica.

Tithraustes deiphon is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found in Panama and Costa Rica.

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

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