Xenosoma flaviceps is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in northern Mexico (San Luis Potosí) and southern Mexico from at least Chiapas to Guatemala and Costa Rica. A single specimen was collected at Alamo, Texas in 2012.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Pericopina |
| Genus: | Xenosoma |
| Species: | X. flaviceps
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| Xenosoma flaviceps (Walker, 1865)
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References
edit- ^ Lafontaine, J. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (2013) "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". Zookeys. 264: 227-236. doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4443
External links
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Media related to Xenosoma flaviceps at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Xenosoma flaviceps at Wikispecies
