Cryptoses choloepi
Cryptoses choloepi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Cryptoses |
Species: | C. choloepi
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Binomial name | |
Cryptoses choloepi Dyar, 1908
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Cryptoses choloepi is a sloth moth in the snout moth family that as an adult lives exclusively in the fur of sloths, mammals found in South and Central America.[1]
Adult female moths live in the fur of the brown three-toed sloth
The relationship between Cryptoses choloepi and sloths is "
See also
- Bradipodicola hahneli
- Sloth moth
- Arthropods associated with sloths
References
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- PMID 11151024.
- S2CID 32766454.
- ^ Vincent, James (January 24, 2014). "Sloth mystery solved: How moths and algae shape this unusual creature's toilet habits". Independent. Archived from the original on 2014-01-24. Retrieved May 5, 2020.