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Ghost Tiger Moth
Leucanopsis lurida
16.7131, -92.6127
Field Notes
Description:
This is a large Tiger Moth at 3 cm (some even reach 4 cm). This is the female, which is much more pale than the male (for both sexes together, see this spotting from 2012 (https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15853393/fullscreen). Females are almost entirely yellow beige, with very little coloring on the underwings or on the top of the abdomen (see picture 5). In the last picture, notice the strange little peg-like tufts on either side of the proboscis. Also, the upper surface of the front femora is orange. It doesn't seem to have a common name. The Ghost Tiger Moth would be a perfect name. Family Erebidae, Arctiinae.
Habitat:
Came to garden lights, semi-rural residential area, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico 2,200 meters.
Notes:
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=23460
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=122471
http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noc…
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1273076
https://bugguide.net/node/view/684669
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucanopsis
https://www.naturalista.mx/taxa/293707-Leucanopsis-lurida/browse_photos
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