Scotura annulata is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from Texas, south through Central America (including Panama and Costa Rica) to Argentina.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Scotura |
Species: | S. annulata
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Binomial name | |
Scotura annulata (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
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The larvae have been recorded on Hybanthus prunifolius in Panama. Other recorded host plants include Acalypha diversifolia, Chamaedorea, Randia and Meliosma species.
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- Treefall gaps versus forest understory as environments for a defoliating moth on a tropical forest shrub