Elymiotis tlotzin
| Elymiotis tlotzin | |
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| Female dorsal (left) ventral (right) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Elymiotis |
| Species: | E. tlotzin |
| Binomial name | |
| Elymiotis tlotzin (Schaus, 1892) | |
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Elymiotis tlotzin is a moth in the Notodontidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, where it has been collected in the dry forest ecosystem of Peninsula de Nicoya, and in the dry forests of Sector Santa Rosa and Sector Pailas of at elevations between 0 to 800 meters.
Last instar larva
The length of the forewings 15.42–19.28 mm.
The larvae feed on Zizyphus guatemalensis.[1]
References
- ↑ Chacón, I.A.; Janzen, D.H.; Hallwachs, W. 2014: Four new species of Symmerista Hübner, 1816 (Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) from Costa Rica. ZooKeys, 421: 39-63. doi:10.3897/zookeys.421.6342
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