Spilopastes

Castniidae
Herausgegeben:Hiram, Epimetheus Chr.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Spilopastes is a genus of moths within the Castniidae family, containing one species, Spilopastes galinthias which is known from Brazil. Castniidae, or castniid moths, is a small family of moths with less than 200 species: The majority are Neotropical with some in Australia and a few in south-east Asia. These are medium-sized to very large moths, usually with drab, cryptically-marked forewings and brightly coloured hindwings. They have clubbed antennae and are day-flying, and are often mistaken for butterflies. Indeed some previous classification systems placed this family within the butterflies or skippers. The Neotropical species are commonly known as giant butterfly-moths, the Australian and Asian species as sun moths. The larvae are internal feeders, often on roots of epiphytes or on monocotyledons (Edwards et al., 1999: 184-188).

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing / PlacPublishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786137932186
• ISBN-10: 6137932184
• Artikelnr.: 35270807