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Calodesma maculifrons

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Erebidae

Genus
  
Calodesma

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Calodesma maculifrons is a moth of the Erebidae family. It was described by Walker in 1865. It is found in Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama and Ecuador.

Adults are sexually dimorphic. Males have a yellow or orange ground colour, while females have a black ground colour.

Larvae have been reared on several various Malpighiaceae species.

References

Calodesma maculifrons Wikipedia