Cosmosoma impar

Cosmosoma impar is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Mexico,

Cosmosoma impar
Dorsal view of C. impar, from Zacapoaxtla, Puebla, Mexico.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Cosmosoma
Species:
C. impar
Binomial name
Cosmosoma impar
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Glaucopis impar Walker, 1854
  • Cosmosoma vernana Druce, 1897

Guatemala and Panama.[1]

Description

Head black, with metallic blue markings on frons and vertex; thorax orange; tegulae and patagia edged with black and with metallic blue points; legs black, coxae orange; abdomen black, with lateral orange patches at base and lateral orange streaks at 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments; a dorsal series of metallic blue spots and lateral spots on the terminal segments; the chanelled valve of male fringed with white; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. forewing with large discocellular black spot. A yellowish streak on basal half of inner area; the terminal band very wide on the apical area and expanding at tornus. Hind wing with terminal band very wide on the apical area and at tornus. Wingspan of 46mm average.[2]

References
Ventral view of C. impar, from Zacapoaxtla, Puebla, Mexico.
  1. Savela, Markku. "Cosmosoma impar (Walker, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  2. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis (1913). Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Gerstein - University of Toronto. London Printed by order of the Trustees. p. 230.


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