Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Hedyloidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Hedylidae | |
Macrosoma costilunata is moth-like butterfly described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1916. It belongs to the Hedylidae family. Originally it belonged to the genus Phellinodes.
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Distribution
The species is found in the northwest Costa Rica and north and central Ecuador.
Wings
The wings are grayish brown ground color. Forewing is weakly emarginate with dark brown apex. The costa is postmedial with lunate off-white patch. Three small white marks can be found near the apex.
The length of the forewing is 21–22 mm.
Male
Followings are the characteristics of the male genitalia:
Female
The female genitalia has the following features:
Antenna
The antenna is not bipectinate in both sexes.
Diagnosis
The single lunate patch on the costa permits this species to be distinguished from M. satellitiata and its relatives. The female of M. costilunata lacks the large white patch of the female of M. nigrimacula.