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| Idalus maesi | |
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| Female Idalus maesi faustinoi, dorsal view | |
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| Female Idalus maesi faustinoi, ventral view | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Idalus |
| Species: | I. maesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Idalus maesi Laguerre, 2006 | |
Idalus maesi is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Michel Laguerre in 2006. It is found in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras.[1] The habitat consists of cloud forests at altitudes between 1,444 and 2,133 meters.
Subspecies
[edit]- Idalus maesi maesi (Nicaragua)
- Idalus maesi faustinoi Espinoza, 2013 (Guatemala, Honduras)
References
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- ↑ Espinoza, B. A.; Janzen, D. H.; Hallwachs, W. & Sullivan, J. B. (2013). "Description of a new species and subspecies of Idalus Walker from Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini)". ZooKeys. 264: 71-84. doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4403