Cacostatia buckwaldi

Cacostatia buckwaldi is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1912. It is found in Brazil[1] and Ecuador.

Cacostatia buckwaldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Cacostatia
Species:
C. buckwaldi
Binomial name
Cacostatia buckwaldi
(Rothschild, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Agyrta buckwaldi Rothschild, 1912

The forewings are black-brown slightly glossed with blue. The hindwings are hyaline.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cacostatia buckwaldi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum


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