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Lunar Eudesmia
Eudesmia menea
15.13, -92.3
Field Notes
Description:
Peculiar little Tiger Moth about 1 cm long. It looks pale grey because the wing scales reflect light. It is actually much darker. It has two yellow bands on the wings and a bright yellow thorax and head. Family Erebidae, Arctiinae.
See this spotting from Veracruz, Mexico in the daylight by Francisco Ramirez (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1930006003/fullscreen).
Habitat:
Came to an ultraviolet light, Finca Argovia, Ruta de Café, Soconusco Area of Chiapas, about 2 hours north of Tapachula.
Species ID Suggestions
1
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMay 20, 2016
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