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Moonseed Fruit Piercer

Gonodonta sinaldus

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Noctuid Moth with a brown saddle. About 2 cm long. Feeds on Moonseed fruit (a kind of false grape).

Habitat:

Landed on the car. Arcotete Park, 10 km north of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

Notes:

http://www.igoterra.com/photo_gallery.asp?thingid=137951
http://america.pink/gonodonta-sinaldus_1765238.html
http://america.pink/gonodonta_1765235.html
http://bugguide.net/node/view/85091
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonodonta_sinaldus

Reference Links:

Gonodonta sinaldus

Species ID Suggestions

Moonseed Fruitpiecer

Gonodonta sinaldus (Guenée, 1852).

Reference Link
Francisco Ramírez
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Comments (7)
LaurenZarate
Thank you Mark, Emilie and Francisco for the identification! So glad to know :)
Leuba Ridgway
I bet the brown patch is velvety ! Lovely moth Lauren.
Mark Ridgway
Maybe Gonodonta sp. https://www.flickr.com/photos/63848257@N06/9271686535

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PublishedMarch 9, 2016

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