Cosmosoma fenestrata

Cosmosoma fenestrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Cosmosoma
Species: C. fenestrata
Binomial name
Cosmosoma fenestrata
(Drury, [1773])
Synonyms
  • Sphinx fenestrata Drury, [1773]
  • Sphinx steropes Goeze, 1780
  • Glaucopis rubripeda Lucas, 1857

Cosmosoma fenestrata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found on Jamaica and Cuba.[1]

Description

Upperside: Antennae nearly black and pectinated (comb like). Head and eyes black. Palpi small and long, and of a fine scarlet. Tongue spiral. Thorax blueish green, almost black. Abdomen dark brown. Anterior wings the same, the middle part being perfectly transparent like glass, wherein is a dark cloud which is joined to the anterior margin. Posterior wings small, transparent, with a dark brown narrow border running round their edges, which at the upper corners is broad where it becomes cloud like.

Underside: Breast dark brown. Legs and thighs scarlet, which colour extends along the middle of the abdomen, almost to the tail, where it becomes a little fainter, being crossed by the rings of the abdomen, which are black and very narrow. All the wings of the same colour as on the upperside.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Cosmosoma Hübner, [1823]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 1. p. 49. pl. XXV. |access-date= requires |url= (help)


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