Tithraustes snyderi is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in cloud-forest habitats within La Amistad, an international park extending from south-central Costa Rica into the Chiriqui Province of Panama.
| Tithraustes snyderi | |
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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. snyderi
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| Binomial name | |
| Tithraustes snyderi Miller, 2008
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The length of the forewings is 12.5–13 mm for males and 15 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Chamaedorea costaricana, Chamaedorea crucensis and Geonoma edulis.
Etymology
editThe species is named in honor of Cal Snyder.
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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