Cosmosoma diplosticta Dognin, 1914

Dognin, P. (1914). Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud, fascicule VII:
p. 6. Translated from the French original.

Cosmosoma diplosticta, sp. nov.

34 mm. — Palpi black, the base yellow; antennae black; head yellow, the
frons paler; collar, tegulae, thorax and upperside of the abdomen bright
yellow, the tegulae with a very small black dot at the level of the costa of
the forewings and a small black terminal tuft, the upperside of the abdomen
with a double series of black dots and, on each side, a similar series of
dots; venter yellow with several segments dotted at the sides or edged with
black, the last segment black; anal tuft black; legs black, the femora and
coxae yellow. Wings hyaline, the veins black. Forewings with the base
yellow, a yellow subcostal streak to about the first third of the cell; a
black terminal border, broad at the apex then reduced to a thin edging,
swollen at the tornus and continuing along the inner margin; the
discocellular angled, oblique, not thicker than the other veins. Hindwings
with the black terminal border rather thin at the apex then reduced almost
to the fringe on all the margins. Fringes black.

Medina (500 metres), eastern Colombia; one ♂ (Fassl).

Hampson, G. F. (1914). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British
Museum. Supplement, vol. 1 (Amatidae and Lithosiadae): p. 169, pl. IX
fig. 2.

542 d. Cosmosoma diplosticta. (Plate IX. fig. 2.)

Cosmosoma diplosticta, Dogn. Hét. Nouv. Am. Sud, vii. p. 6 (1914).

♂. Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous orange; antennae and palpi except at
base black; patagia with some black at tips; femora except at extreme base,
the tibiae, and tarsi black, the mid tibiae with orange streaks above
towards base; abdomen with subdorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of
black spots, the extremity black. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins
black; the base fulvous orange, extending as a short fascia below costa;
the black on termen expanding widely on apical area and slightly below
vein 2. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black; some orange at
base; the black on termen expanding towards apex.

Hab. E. Colombia, Medina (Fassl), type † ♂ in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 36 millim.

Draudt, M. (1917). Additions and Corrections [Cosmosoma]. In: Seitz, A.
(ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of the World, vol. 6, The American Bombyces and
Sphinges (English edition): p. 202, pl. 27 m.

C. diplosticta Dogn. (27 m) is very easily recognizable by the orange-yellow
body being spotted black subdorsally, laterally, and sublaterally. Expanse
of wings: 36 mm. Colombia.