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Wasp moth

Euchromia folletti

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Field Notes

Description:

Euchromia is a genus of moths in the Arctiidae family.

Notes:

One night, this one clung to my denim like a limpet. I had gone a long way before discovering who had tagged along. Yes, it was from the lobby with white fluorescent light I had passed some minutes earlier. There were a variety of insects swirling around. It was rainy season.

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Euchromia, Euchromia folletii African Moths

Species ID Suggestions

Wasp Moth

Euchromia folletii

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bayucca
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Comments (4)
bayucca
Should be E. folletii not folletti (misspelling), please, change the scientific name.
dotun55
Interesting! Keep making a difference.
bayucca
Definitely Euchromia. For myeyes this one looks rather like Folletii than Formosa. What I learned during my search: you can not trust any of the IDs on the web, even in so called trusted sites. At the end you do not know whom to believe. I usually believe my eyes ;-)... Yellow patches on the wings, not whitish ones. Shorter red stripes besides the head. Check the rings... Folletii: Yellow, blue, blue/silvery?, red, white, ..., blue Formosa: Orange, blue, blue, red, blue, blue. http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id196609/

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