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Scarlet-bodied Wasp-moth

Cosmosoma auge

Plate XIII — Scarlet-bodied Wasp-moth is Fig. 1
Plate XIII — Scarlet-bodied Wasp-moth is Fig. 1

This beautiful little insect occurs throughout the tropics of the New World, and is not rare in southern Florida. The larval stages have been described by Dyar (see "Psyche," Vol. VII. p. 414). The caterpillar feeds upon Mikania scandens.