Carnotena

Carnotena is a genus in the American silkworm moth family Apatelodidae. There are about six described species in Carnotena, found in South America.^[1][2]

Carnotena
Carnotena truncata, Brasil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Apatelodidae
Genus:	Carnotena Walker, 1865
Synonyms
Microplastis Felder, 1874

Carnotena jorgenseni, Brasil

Carnotena xanthiata was formerly the sole species of this genus. In research published in 2024 by Orlandin et al., six species were transferred from the genus Thelosia to Carnotena, and Carnotena xanthiata became Carnotena perlineata.^[1]

Species

These species are members of the genus Carnotena:^[1]

• Carnotena jorgenseni (Schaus, 1927)
• Carnotena mayaca (Schaus, 1939)
• Carnotena minois (Schaus, 1892)
• Carnotena perlineata (Walker, 1862)
• Carnotena rectilinea (Dognin, 1922)
• Carnotena truncata (Schaus, 1894)