Biology:Kodiosoma

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Short description: Genus of moths

Kodiosoma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Kodiosoma
Stretch, 1872
Species:
K. fulvum
Binomial name
Kodiosoma fulvum
Stretch, 1872
Synonyms
  • Codiosoma fulva
  • Kodiosoma nigra Stretch, 1872
  • Kodiosoma eavesii Stretch, 1872
  • Kodiosoma tricolor Stretch, 1872
  • Kodiosoma otero Barnes, 1907

Kodiosoma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Kodiosoma fulvum, is found in Arizona, Nevada and California . Both the genus and species were described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1872.[1][2]

The coloured area on the hindwings varies from gray to yellow or red.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from March to May.

Subspecies

  • Kodiosoma fulvum fulvum
  • Kodiosoma fulvum nigra (California)
  • Kodiosoma fulvum eavesi Stretch, 1872 (Nevada)
  • Kodiosoma fulvum tricolor Stretch, 1872 (Nevada)

References

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