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Field Notes

Description:

This moth is about 4 cm wide and was found in a gas station close to Cosanga, in the slopes of the Andes to the Amazon.

Habitat:

Montane cloud forest

Species ID Suggestions

Bombycid Moth

Apatelodes sp.
bayucca
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Comments (3)
bayucca
Actually I don't know the updated taxonomy. It is Apotelodidae as an own family or Bombycidae and Apatelodinae as the subfamily.
GustavoMorejon
Definitively Apatelodes ... One question Dominik : The family is now Apatelodidae ? I ask it because I have it like Apatelodidae on the Butterflies of Ecuador of Piñas.
bayucca
Bombycidae, Apatelodinae, Apatelodes sp.. http://boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=150332

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Moths of the World
Mission
Ecuadorian Cloud Forest Biodiversity
Mission
Butterflies and Moths of Ecuador

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PublishedMarch 9, 2013

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