Charadra cakulha

Charadra cakulha
Charadra cakulha
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Charadra
Species: C. cakulha
Binomial name
Charadra cakulha
Anweiler & Schmidt, 2010

Charadra cakulha is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is known only from two specimens of the type series, collected in mid-June at San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 19.7 mm for males.

Etymology

A deity from Mayan mythology, Cakulha is the ruler of the lesser lightning bolts, and brother of Coyopa. It is a noun in apposition.

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