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Morpheis pyracmon
Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Butterflies & moths

Morpheis pyracmon

Names

English—
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Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameMorpheis pyracmon Cramer, 1780

About this species

Morpheis pyracmon, the fissured bark, is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in Suriname, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. The habitat consists of cloudforests, where it is found at altitudes between 400 and 1,200 meters.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyCossidae
GenusMorpheis

In Suriname

3Records in Suriname
10iNaturalist observations
2019First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo2
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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