Calodesma maculifrons

Calodesma maculifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Calodesma
Species: C. maculifrons
Binomial name
Calodesma maculifrons
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Stenele maculifrons Walker, [1865]
  • Acribia maculifrons
  • Cocastra melanchroia Boisduval, 1870[1]
  • Acribia melanchroia Felder, 1874
  • Calodesma melanchroia

Calodesma maculifrons is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Mexico, Honduras,[2] Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama and Ecuador.[3][4]

Adults are sexually dimorphic. Males have a yellow or orange ground colour, while females have a black ground colour.

Larvae have been reared on several various Malpighiaceae species.

References

  1. Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa
  2. Savela, Markku. "Calodesma maculifrons (Walker, [1865])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  3. BOLD Systems
  4. BOLD Systems


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