Carthara albicosta
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Carthara albicosta is a species of snout moth
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...

 in the genus Carthara
Carthara
Carthara is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Walker in 1865, and is known from Colombia.-Species:* Carthara abrupta Zeller, 1881* Carthara albicosta Walker, 1865...

. It was described by Walker in 1865. It is found from the Amazons
Amazons
The Amazons are a nation of all-female warriors in Greek mythology and Classical antiquity. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia...

 to Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

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