Xenosoma flaviceps

Xenosoma flaviceps is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in northern Mexico (San Luis Potosí) and southern Mexico from at least Chiapas to Guatemala and Costa Rica. A single specimen was collected at Alamo, Texas in 2012.[1]

Xenosoma flaviceps
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X. flaviceps
Binomial name
Xenosoma flaviceps
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Eloria flaviceps Walker, 1865
  • Xenosoma nigricosta Felder, 1874

References

  1. Lafontaine, J. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (2013) "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". Zookeys. 264: 227-236. doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4443


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