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Lasiocampid Moth

Tolype caieta

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Description:

It was very beautiful, very hairy also. it came to my glass door so I got a picture of the front (inside) it looked very funny with those black marks around the eyes, for some reason it reminded me of the Rock group...KISS... : o

Species ID Suggestions

Lasiocampid

Tolype caieta

Reference Link
PhilipBarnette
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Comments (2)
PhilipBarnette
I can hardly ever find common names for our Costa Rican moths! If it were up to me, I'd be more than okay with this as a Common KISS moth. http://boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Tolype+caieta&searchTax=

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Paso Pacifico Survey
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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Life in Costa Rica
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PublishedOctober 17, 2013

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