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Photo by KarloVacko
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Field Notes

Description:

insect on flower

Species ID Suggestions

Ctenuchinae

Reference Link
dhobern
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Comments (7)
KarloVacko
Thanks for the information dhobern - especially boldsystems is a great website i diddnt know yet.. I´ll try to identify it for some more days - if not im going to set it like you suggested..
dhobern
Can't find the exact species, but several similar. This is not strictly a Clearwing (family Sesiidae) but a moth in the family Arctiidae, subfamily Ctenuchinae. It's somewhat similar to some of the species in the genus Ceryx (http://www.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrowser.php?taxon=Ceryx) or Amata (http://www.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrowser.php?taxon=Amata).
craigwilliams
Beautiful shot of a fine Clearwing Moth! I'm sure someone will be able to nail this.

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PublishedOctober 16, 2011

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