Geyeria decussata

Geyeria decussata
Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Castniidae
Genus: Geyeria
Species: G. decussata
Binomial name
Geyeria decussata
(Godart, [1824])
Synonyms
  • Castnia decussata Godart, [1824]
  • Castnia strigata Walker, 1854
  • Castnia godartii Ménétriés, 1857
  • Castnia melaleuca Westwood, 1877 (nom. nud.)
  • Geyeria discoidalis Buchecker, [1880]
  • Castnia f. fulvipyga Strand, 1913
  • Castnia ab. purpurascens Rothschild, 1919

[1]

Geyeria decussata is a moth in the Castniidae family.

Description

The forewings are dark brown with green iridescent scales and a disruptive pattern of white bands. In details, there are a small sinuous band near the apex and an Y marking in the middle. Also the hindwings are brown with five white spots in the border. The head, antenna and thorax are brown. Caterpillars of these moths feed on the leaf bases of bromeliads (Wittrockia superba, Vriesea philippo-coburgii and Aechmea nudicaulis).[2]

Distribution

This species can be found in Brazil.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Geyeria at funet
  2. ↑ F. Albertoni, Simeao S. Moraes, J. Steiner and A. Zillikens - Description of the Pupa and Redescription of the Imagines of Geyeria decussata and their Association with Bromeliads in Southern Brazil (Lepidoptera: Castniidae)
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