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Castniomera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Castniidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Castniomera

Genus
  
Castniomera Houlbert, 1918

Castniomera is a genus of moths within the family Castniidae. It was described by Houlbert in 1918, and contains the single species Castniomera atymnius. It is known from Venezuela.

The larvae feed on Musaceae species.

Subspecies

  • Castniomera atymnius atymnius (eastern Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia)
  • Castniomera atymnius drucei (Schaus, 1911) (Colombia, Costa Rica)
  • Castniomera atymnius ecuadorensis (Houlbert, 1917) (Ecuador)
  • Castniomera atymnius futilis (Walker, 1856) (Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, Panama)
  • Castniomera atymnius humboldti (Boisduval, [1875]) (Colombia)
  • Castniomera atymnius immaculata (Lathy, 1922) (French Guiana)
  • Castniomera atymnius newmanni (Houlbert, 1917) (Panama to Colombia, Venezuela)

    • References

    Castniomera Wikipedia
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