Tithraustes moerens
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Tithraustes |
| Species: | T. moerens
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| Binomial name | |
| Tithraustes moerens Warren, 1900
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Tithraustes moerens is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in the forest understory along forest trails and streambeds in the Andean foothills of western Ecuador, reaching southern Colombia.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on an unidentified understory palm.
References
[edit]- Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.
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