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Xanthopastis timais
Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Butterflies & moths

Xanthopastis timais

Names

English—
Dutch—
SpanishConvicta
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameXanthopastis timais Cramer, 1782

About this species

Xanthopastis timais is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout the lowland areas of South and Central America and in the Caribbean. In the south, it ranges to northern Argentina. It was previously also recorded from North America, but these records refer to Xanthopastis regnatrix.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNoctuidae
GenusXanthopastis

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
2019First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini1

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

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