Haemonides cronis

Haemonides cronis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Castniidae
Genus: Haemonides
Species: H. cronis
Binomial name
Haemonides cronis
(Cramer, [1775])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio cronis Cramer, [1775]
  • Castnia cronissa Godart, [1824]
  • Castnia var. corningii H. Edwards, 1891
  • Castnia lutea Houlbert, 1917
  • Haemonides urichi Lathy, 1923

Haemonides cronis is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Mexico, Trinidad, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil and Peru.

Adults have been recorded feeding on flowers of Warszewiczia coccinea.[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Bombacopsis quinata.[3]

Subspecies

  • Haemonides cronis cronis (Suriname, French Guiana, Mexico, Trinidad)
  • Haemonides cronis emiliae (Fassl, 1921) (Brazil)
  • Haemonides cronis odila (Houlbert, 1917) (Peru)

References

  1. ↑ "Haemonides Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ A synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad and Tobago
  3. ↑ Bombacopsis quinata species info


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