Scarlet-Bodied Wasp Moth
Cosmosoma myrodora (Dyar, 1907)
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Identification: Easily identified by the bright red body and transparent wings. Metallic blue middorsal line on abdomen broadens to cover tip. Veins and margins of forewing and hindwing are black.
Wing Span: 3-3.5 cm.
Life History:
Flight: All year in southern Florida.
Caterpillar Hosts: Climbing hempweed.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Florida and west along the Gulf Coast to Louisiana and Texas.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 99 verified sightings
Observation date: Sep 22, 2020
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: Hernando County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Apr 30, 2022
Observation date: Apr 21, 2022
Submitted by: Phosmium
Region: Brevard County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Apr 21, 2022
Observation date: Nov 17, 2021
Submitted by: Trevor93
Region: Texas, United States, Wharton County
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Dec 30, 2021
Observation date: Nov 22, 2021
Submitted by: Jenjen83
Region: Jones County, Mississippi, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Dec 30, 2021
Observation date: Dec 27, 2021
Submitted by: chad84
Region: Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Dec 30, 2021
Observation date: Sep 11, 2021
Submitted by: rmohr56
Region: Sumter County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 12, 2021
Observation date: Jun 17, 2019
Submitted by: GreenDimes
Region: Lake County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 07, 2021
Observation date: Jun 30, 2018
Submitted by: Mark Salvato
Region: Brevard County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 05, 2021
Observation date: May 06, 2021
Submitted by: D Grimes
Region: Hernando County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: May 15, 2021
Observation date: Oct 07, 2020
Submitted by: lisa.galloway@m...
Region: Colleton County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 18, 2021
Observation date: Oct 02, 2020
Submitted by: BetsyB
Region: Colleton County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 03, 2020
Observation date: Sep 22, 2020
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: Sumter County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 26, 2020
Observation date: Aug 17, 2020
Submitted by: Debo Boddiford
Region: Chatham County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Aug 24, 2020
Observation date: Mar 21, 2019
Submitted by: rob77897@gmail.com
Region: Manatee County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 07, 2020
Observation date: Nov 05, 2019
Submitted by: Jonathan Clark
Region: Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Nov 13, 2019
Observation date: Nov 05, 2019
Submitted by: Jonathan Clark
Region: Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Nov 13, 2019
Observation date: Oct 20, 2009
Submitted by: Martin Reid
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Nov 01, 2019
Observation date: Oct 05, 2019
Submitted by: Stuart Marcus
Region: Texas, Liberty County, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Oct 21, 2019
Observation date: Oct 09, 2019
Submitted by: GLG
Region: Walton County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 09, 2019
Observation date: Sep 28, 2019
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe (Alison Smith)
Region: Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 03, 2019
Observation date: May 20, 2019
Submitted by: Wheat.christina
Region: Rankin County, Mississippi, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jun 02, 2019
Observation date: Apr 20, 2019
Submitted by: ridgeboy
Region: Polk County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Apr 22, 2019
Observation date: Mar 05, 2019
Submitted by: jjflossem
Region: Hernando County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 08, 2019
Observation date: Feb 26, 2019
Submitted by: jjflossem
Region: Hernando County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 27, 2019
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