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Photo by LarryGraziano
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Field Notes

Description:

no wider than 1" and about 1/2' from head to tail. "hiding" on heliconia

Habitat:

tropical dry forest of NW Costa Rica beginning of dry season

Species ID Suggestions

Geometridae
bayucca
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Comments (3)
bayucca
I think this might also be a Macaria sp., but I am not sure. Personally I do not think it is an Ameris sp. This one would usually not have this triangular hindwing and not so scalopped/falcated apices of the forewing. But I agree at first sight one might think of a Ametris nitocris.

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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Paso Pacifico Survey
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El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
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PublishedDecember 26, 2011

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