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Field Notes

Description:

Striking orange Moth with zebra stripes all around the upper wing margins. About 1.7 cm long.

Habitat:

Came to an ultraviolet light. Finca Argovia, Ruta de Cafe, Soconusco area of southern Chiapas, Mexico. About 2 hours north of Tapachula.

Species ID Suggestions

Leaf Roller Moth Pseudatteria volcanica

Pseudatteria volcanica
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
1

Zygaenidae

Euclimaciopsis tortricalis (Druce, 1885)

Reference Link
IrinaSh
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Comments (6)
LaurenZarate
Thank you Irina. I'm still lost with this one...
IrinaSh
:) It would be nice to see and observe this insect like you had a chance with Gilma http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/zygaenoidea/zygaenidae/procridinae/euclimaciopsis/ http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/bca/navigation/bca_15_03_00/bca_15_03_00showplate.cfm?id=22 And this picture : http://40.media.tumblr.com/58da5cae9553c360fb882b02dea4f020/tumblr_o4redtpjjw1sgby0so1_1280.jpg
LaurenZarate
Thank you Gilma and Irina. I just can't tell which one of your two suggestions it is. Help! It has similarities and differences from them both…….

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PublishedApril 8, 2016

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