Castniomera

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Castniidae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera

Genus CastniomeraHoulbert, 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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