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Coronidia orithea

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Coronidia orithea is a moth of the family Sematuridae.[1][2] It is widely distributed in the Neotropics, from Mexico to northern Argentina.[3]

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Coronidia orithea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sematuridae
Genus: Coronidia
Species:
C. orithea
Binomial name
Coronidia orithea
(Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena orithea Cramer, 1780
  • Coronidia hysudrus Hopffer, 1857
  • Coronidia boreada Westwood, 1879
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The larvae feed on Phoradendron, possibly Phoradendron tucumanense.[3]

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