Phanoptis cyanomelas

Phanoptis cyanomelas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Phanoptis
Species:	P. cyanomelas
Binomial name
	Phanoptis cyanomelas; C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874

Phanoptis cyanomelas is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1874. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.

The forewings are completely hyaline (glass like) with no white scales in the transverse band. The dark areas of the wings are almost blue black, contrasting sharply with the transparent regions in between.

The larvae feed on Rinorea species.

References[]

Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.

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