Tithraustes lambertae is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It occurs in wet forests on the Caribbean slope in Costa Rica.
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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. lambertae
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| Binomial name | |
| Tithraustes lambertae Miller, 2008
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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.
References
edit- Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1–674.
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