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Panthea Owlet Moth

Panthea sp.

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Grey or grey and brown moth with black lines and very hairy thorax and legs. Under wings lightly mottled grey without black lines. Family Noctuidae. The last 2 pictures show the head and antennae of the female (5) and the male (6). Pictures 2, 3 and 4 were taken on 14 August 2014.

Habitat:

Came to an ultraviolet light in the garden, semi-urban area on the outskirts of San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.

Notes:

The larvae of all Panthea app. are known to feed only on conifer needles. We have several species of pines in San Cristobal. This is the larva of a similar species.
http://www.invasive.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1178083
See: Revision of the New World Panthea….
http://www.pensoft.net/journal_home_page.php?journal_id=1&page=article&…

Species ID Suggestions

Panthea Moth

Panthea sp.

Reference Link
Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (5)
LaurenZarate
Thank you J for the identification and your comments, and your research! I don't see any records for Mexico...yet.... :))
Jacob Gorneau
Gorgeous! Looks very similar to several Panthea. If I had to guess, it would be either P. virginarius: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Panthea%20virginarius Or Panthea sp. nov. (a variation being researched to see wether it is worthy of being its own species.) I would think it is this one, but Panthea sp. is the furthest you can go if it is this one. The first photo of this looks the most like yours: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=126386

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PublishedMarch 27, 2013

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