Correbidia terminalis

Correbidia terminalis is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found from Mexico through Central America (including Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama) and Cuba and Puerto Rico to South America (including Venezuela).

Correbidia terminalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Correbidia
Species:
C. terminalis
Binomial name
Correbidia terminalis
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Pionia terminalis Walker, 1856
  • Charidea bicolor Herrich-Schäffer, 1866
  • Correbidia bicolor
  • Correbia subochrea Herrich-Schäffer, 1866
  • Charidea cimicoides Herrich-Schäffer, 1866
  • Charidea bicolor Herrich-Schäffer, 1866
  • Correbidia apicalis Schaus, 1904
  • Lycomorpha fumata Moschler, 1890
  • Correbia germana Rothschild, 1912
  • Correbia steinbachi Rothschild, 1912

It is an extremely polymorphic species with the forewings varying from plain orange through banded orange and black to almost black.[1]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Cecropia peltata.[2]

References
  1. Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 29, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  2. U.S. Forest Service


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