Xenorma cytheris

Xenorma cytheris is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1891. It is widely distributed in Central America, occurring from Veracruz, Mexico, south to Costa Rica.

Xenorma cytheris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Xenorma
Species:
X. cytheris
Binomial name
Xenorma cytheris
(H. Druce, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Phaeochlaena cytheris H. Druce, 1891

Adults have bright yellow forewing and hindwing markings on a dark chocolate-brown ground color.

References

  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.


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