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Cercopimorpha sylva

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Arctiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cercopimorpha

Cercopimorpha sylva is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1920. It is found in Costa Rica and Guatemala.

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are dark slate, tinged with lilacine and with dark brown veins. The hindwings are fuscous, somewhat semihyaline through and beyond the cell. Adults have been recorded in forests during the day.

References

Cercopimorpha sylva Wikipedia