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Tiger Moth

Hypocrita (possibly reedia or drucei)

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

When this moth flew, it flashed a brilliant blue colour. Same colour as the morphos.

Habitat:

found in the evening on a sheet under a halogen light, in pre-montane rainforest outside Tuis, Costa Rica

Reference Links:

BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser

Species ID Suggestions

Tiger Moth

Hypocrita reedia

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Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (6)
pamsai
thanks Jakubko. I wouldn't have thought of this as a Tiger Moth!
Jacob Gorneau
Please confirm, and by the way, spectacular moth!
Jacob Gorneau
Hypocrita sp., H. reedia looks the most to yours in my eyes, but H. drucei also attracted my attention. H. drucei seems to have a more rounded forewing. Hypocrita: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Hypocrita Hypocrita reedia; http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Hypocrita%20reedia http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Hypocrita+reedia Hypocrita drucei: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Hypocrita%20drucei

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PublishedJuly 24, 2013

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