Cosmosoma Explained

Cosmosoma is a genus of tiger moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.^[1]

Species

• Cosmosoma achemon (Fabricius, 1781)
• Cosmosoma achemonides Dognin, 1907
• Cosmosoma admota (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854])
• Cosmosoma advena Druce, 1884
• Cosmosoma annexa (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854])
• Cosmosoma auge (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Cosmosoma aurifera (Klages, 1906)
• Cosmosoma batesii (Butler, 1876)
• Cosmosoma beata (Butler, 1876)
• Cosmosoma beatrix (Druce, 1884)
• Cosmosoma biseriatum Schaus, 1898
• Cosmosoma bogotensis (Felder, 1874)
• Cosmosoma bolivari Schaus, 1898
• Cosmosoma braconoides (Walker, 1854)
• Cosmosoma bromus (Cramer, [1775])
• Cosmosoma caecum Hampson, 1898
• Cosmosoma centralis (Walker, 1854)
• Cosmosoma cincta (Schaus, 1894)
• Cosmosoma consolata (Walker, 1856)
• Cosmosoma contracta (Walker, 1856)
• Cosmosoma demantria Druce, 1895
• Cosmosoma determinata (Butler, 1876)
• Cosmosoma dorsimacula Schaus, 1898
• Cosmosoma durca Schaus, 1896
• Cosmosoma elegans Butler, 1876
• Cosmosoma ethodaea Druce, 1889
• Cosmosoma eumelis (Druce, 1883)
• Cosmosoma evadnes (Stoll, [1781])
• Cosmosoma fenestrata (Drury, [1773])
• Cosmosoma festivum (Walker, 1854)
• Cosmosoma flavicornis (Druce, 1883)
• Cosmosoma flavitarsis (Walker, 1854)
• Cosmosoma galatea Schaus, 1912
• Cosmosoma gaza (Schaus, 1892)
• Cosmosoma gemmata (Butler, 1876)
• Cosmosoma hector Staudinger, 1876
• Cosmosoma hercyna (Druce, 1884)
• Cosmosoma hypocheilus Hampson, 1898
• Cosmosoma ignidorsia Hampson, 1898
• Cosmosoma impar (Walker, 1854)
• Cosmosoma intensa (Walker, 1854)
• Cosmosoma joavana Schaus, 1924
• Cosmosoma juanita Neumoegen, 1894
• Cosmosoma ladan (Druce, 1896)
• Cosmosoma leuconoton Hampson, 1898
• Cosmosoma lycopolis (Druce, 1883)
• Cosmosoma melanopera Hampson, 1898
• Cosmosoma metallescens (Ménétriés, 1857)
• Cosmosoma myrodora Dyar, 1907  - scarlet-bodied wasp moth
• Cosmosoma nelea Möschler, 1878
• Cosmosoma nigricornis (Fabricius, 1787)
• Cosmosoma oratha (Druce, 1893)
• Cosmosoma orathidia Druce, 1898
• Cosmosoma pheres (Stoll, [1782])
• Cosmosoma plutona Schaus, 1894
• Cosmosoma protus Druce, 1894
• Cosmosoma pudica Druce, 1894
• Cosmosoma quinquepuncta (Heylaerts, 1890)
• Cosmosoma regia (Schaus, 1894)
• Cosmosoma remota (Walker, 1854)
• Cosmosoma ruatana (Druce, 1888)
• Cosmosoma salvini (Butler, 1876)
• Cosmosoma saron Druce, 1884
• Cosmosoma scita (Walker, 1856)
• Cosmosoma sectinota Hampson, 1898
• Cosmosoma semifulva (Druce, 1884)
• Cosmosoma sephela (Druce, 1883)
• Cosmosoma seraphina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
• Cosmosoma stilbosticta (Butler, 1876) [see recent misspelling "stibosticta"]
• Cosmosoma stryma (Druce, 1884)
• Cosmosoma subflamma (Walker, 1854)
• Cosmosoma tarapotensis (Druce, 1897)
• Cosmosoma telephus (Walker, 1854)
• Cosmosoma tengyra (Walker, 1854)
• Cosmosoma teuthras (Walker, 1854)
• Cosmosoma tigris Schaus, 1894
• Cosmosoma vesparia (Perty, 1834)
• Cosmosoma xanthistis Hampson, 1898
• Cosmosoma xanthocera Hampson, 1898
• Cosmosoma xanthostictum Hampson, 1898
• Cosmosoma zurcheri Druce, 1894

References

• Lafontaine, J. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys, 40: 1-239.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Cosmosoma Hübner, [1823] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . October 22, 2018.