Elymiotis tlotzin

Species of moth

Elymiotis tlotzin

Male dorsal (left) and ventral views
Female dorsal (left) and ventral views
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Notodontidae
Genus:  | Elymiotis
Species:  |

E. tlotzin

Binomial name
Elymiotis tlotzin

(Schaus, 1892)

Synonyms

* Edema tlotzin Schaus, 1892
* Symmerista tlotzin

Elymiotis tlotzin is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by William Schaus in 1892. It is found in Costa Rica, where it has been collected in the dry forest ecosystem of Peninsula de Nicoya, and in the dry forests of Sector Santa Rosa and Sector Pailas at elevations between 0 and 800 meters.

Last instar larva

The length of the forewings 15.42–19.28 mm.

The larvae feed on Zizyphus guatemalensis.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Chacón, I.A.; Janzen, D.H.; Hallwachs, W. 2014: Four new species of Symmerista Hübner, 1816 (Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) from Costa Rica. ZooKeys, 421: 39-63. doi:10.3897/zookeys.421.6342

Taxon identifiers

Elymiotis tlotzin|

* Wikidata: Q18137689
* GBIF: 9467016
* Open Tree of Life: 7717903

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