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Silkworm Moth or Lappet Moth

Bombycidae

Photo by peter
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Amazon jungle

Reference Links:

Family Bombycidae - Silkworm Moths - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Apatelodes pandara

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bayucca
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Comments (8)
Jacob Gorneau
Nice find, Peter! Could you consider adding this to my mission, Moths of the Americas? Thanks so much! Here is the mission link: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841449
peter
Thanks bayucca, updated accordingly :)
bayucca
Still a Silkworm Moth, not a Hawk Moth ;-)...
bayucca
Please, note that is a Bombycidae, Silkworm Moth not a Hawk Moth.
bayucca
It is not a Sphingidae, but a Bombycidae, Apatelodinae, Apatelodes pandara.
Latimeria
Looks like it could be a hawk moth, in the Sphingidae family.

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PublishedOctober 15, 2010

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