Scotura annulata

Scotura annulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Scotura
Species: S. annulata
Binomial name
Scotura annulata
(Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Zunacetha annulata (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
  • Zunacetha bipartita Walker, 1863
  • Mieza nervosa Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Zunacetha nervosa (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Scotura annulata is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found from Texas, south through Central America (including Panama and Costa Rica) to Argentina.

The larvae have been recorded on Hybanthus prunifolius in Panama. Other recorded host plants include Acalypha diversifolia, Chamaedorea, Randia and Meliosma species.

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