Symmerista inbioi

Symmerista inbioi
Male dorsal (left) ventral (right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Symmerista
Species: S. inbioi
Binomial name
Symmerista inbioi
Chacón, 2014

Symmerista inbioi is a moth in the Notodontidae family. It has been collected between 1,250 and 2,700 meters in highland cloud forests of the Talamanca Mountain Range in Costa Rica.

The length of the forewings 16.42–19.44 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is light brown with a black reniform spot. There is a uniform, long, thin, creamy-white band from the reniform spot to the apex and the costal margin is black. The hindwings are dirty beige.

Etymology

The species is named for the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio) in recognition of its 25 years of support for developing an understanding of the biodiversity of Costa Rica and exporting that understanding to the nation and the world.[1]

References

  1. 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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