Haemonides cronis

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| taxon = Haemonides cronis

| authority = (Cramer, [1775])[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/sesioidea/castniidae/castniinae/haemonides/ "Haemonides Hübner, [1819]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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  • Papilio cronis Cramer, [1775]
  • Castnia cronissa Godart, [1824]
  • Castnia var. corningii H. Edwards, 1891
  • Castnia lutea Houlbert, 1917
  • Haemonides urichi Lathy, 1923

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Haemonides cronis is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Mexico, Trinidad, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil and Peru.

Adults have been recorded feeding on flowers of Warszewiczia coccinea.[http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00762f.pdf A synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad and Tobago]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Bombacopsis quinata.{{Cite web |url=http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/adc/downloads/capitulos_especies_y_anexos/bombacopsis_quinata.pdf |title=Bombacopsis quinata species info |access-date=2011-08-10 |archive-date=2011-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718201204/http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/adc/downloads/capitulos_especies_y_anexos/bombacopsis_quinata.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Subspecies

  • Haemonides cronis cronis (Suriname, French Guiana, Mexico, Trinidad)
  • Haemonides cronis emiliae (Fassl, 1921) (Brazil)
  • Haemonides cronis odila (Houlbert, 1917) (Peru)

References