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Tithraustes lambertae

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Tithraustes lambertae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Tithraustes
Species:
T. lambertae
Binomial name
Tithraustes lambertae
Miller, 2008

Tithraustes lambertae is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It occurs in wet forests on the Caribbean slope in Costa Rica.

The length of the forewings is 16–17.5 mm for males and 16.5–18 mm for females.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on six species of palm: Asterogyne martiana, Calyptrogyne trichostachys, Geonoma congesta, Geonoma cuneata, Prestoea decurrens and Welfia regia.

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