Wood Nymph Moth
Eudryas sp.
21.44, -98.88
Field Notes
Description:
An extraordinarily beautiful moth, which then surprised me even more by flashing bright yellow underwings. It also had a bright yellow abdomen. Family Erebidae (Noctuidae).
Habitat:
Came to the lights of a store, Axtla de Terrazas near Xilitla, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
Notes:
There seems to be 3 accepted species of Eudryas (E. grata, E. brevipennis and E. unio). As far as I can tell, all three of these have a dark border to the bottom of the underwings, something which this one clearly does not. I don't think it belongs to any of the above mentioned species. Several references are cited below, including some very old ones in which the generic name was Euthisanotia.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2005/07/14/wood-nymph-moth/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Victorian-Euthisanotia-Xanthospilopter…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/29847562@N00/2526319550
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9301
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudryas_grata
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Eudryas-grata http://nearctica.com/moths/noctuid/agarista/eudryas_grata.htm https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudryas_brevipennis
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