Xenosoma flaviceps

Xenosoma flaviceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Xenosoma
Species: X. flaviceps
Binomial name
Xenosoma flaviceps
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Eloria flaviceps Walker, 1865
  • Xenosoma nigricosta Felder, 1874

Xenosoma flaviceps is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It is found in northern Mexico (State of San Luis Potosí) and southern Mexico from at least Chiapas to Guatemala and Costa Rica. A single specimen was collected at Alamo, Texas in 2012.[1]

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  1. Lafontaine, JD; Schmidt, BC, 2013: Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 264: 227-236. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4443


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