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Reflective Tortyra Moth

Tortyra sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

Photo take at home last night this beautiful moth just land on my porch light around 1 cm wingspan, metal colors gold and cooper and yellow eyes.

Habitat:

Tropical semiarid.

Reference Links:

Species Tortyra slossonia - Reflective Tortyra Moth - Hodges#2653 - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
injica
cool, metallic moth :)
drP
What a beautiful insect. Looks like it came from a jewelry store.
Gerardo Aizpuru
Thanks Livan actually they look very similar i will check :)
LivanEscudero
Reminded me of my spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8969281 Not sure if yours is same, looks a little different, but look for Tortyra sp. in Mexico. Here is more info on mine. But bugguide has south FL as range. http://bugguide.net/node/view/109289

Spotted for Missions

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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Mexico Horn of Plenty
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Moths of the World
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Yucatan Peninsula Biodiversity

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PublishedMay 17, 2013

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