Tithraustes noctiluces

Tithraustes noctiluces
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Tithraustes
Species: T. noctiluces
Binomial name
Tithraustes noctiluces
(Butler, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Dioptis noctiluces Butler, 1872
  • Dioptis salvini C. and R. Felder, 1874

Tithraustes noctiluces is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in Panama, Costa Rica and El Salvador.

It is the smallest species in the Tithraustes genus with a forewing length of 10.5–13 mm for males.

Larvae have been reared on Heliconia latispatha and palms in four different genera: Asterogyne martiana, Calyptrogyne trichostachys, Chamaedorea tepejilote and Geonoma cuneata.

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