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Wasp Moth

Ctenucha rubriceps

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Wasp Moth

Ctenucha rubriceps
bayucca
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bayucca
Arctiidae, Ctenuchinae. Ctenucha rubriceps: http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvigreco_84/5498235778/ http://www.pybio.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/p2130059a.jpg
LivanEscudero
Not familiar with insects from South America. But this is a Tiger Moth of some kind. I would think maybe related to Edwards' Wasp Moth ( Genus Lymire) but most likely in something in the Subtribe: Ctenuchina

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