Xenorma cytheris

Xenorma cytheris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Xenorma
Species: X. cytheris
Binomial name
Xenorma cytheris
(Druce, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Phaeochlaena cytheris Druce, 1891

Xenorma cytheris is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is widely distributed in Central America, occurring from Veracruz, Mexico, south to Costa Rica.

Adults have bright yellow fore- and hindwing markings on a dark chocolate-brown ground color.

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