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

References

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