Tithraustes noctiluces

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Tithraustes noctiluces
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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 noctilucesButler, 1872
  • Dioptis salviniC. 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 .

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Tithraustes moerens is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in the forest understory along forest trails and streambeds in the Andean foothills of western Ecuador, reaching southern Colombia.

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

"Tithraustes" pyrifera is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Colombia.

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