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Raspberry Pyrausta Moth

Photo by LarryGraziano
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Field Notes

Description:

Pink moth with yellow hues on the wing tips and head. Three pairs of horizontal yellow stripes. Measures 1/2" in diameter.

Habitat:

Tropical dry forest of NW Costa Rica at the beginning of the dry season.

Notes:

Spotted at night near an HID lamp.
Hodges #5037

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
bayucca
I also thought about Pyrausta. I am not sure if Signatalis is going that much south to Costa Rica. Besides the lower line at the margin of the forewing is quite narrow and regular, the same line in Pyrausta signatalis is not so regular. I have it still on my list to check...
LarryGraziano
Pyrausta signatalis? http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5034 http://bugguide.net/node/view/41652
bayucca
Pyraloidea and looks in my eyes like Crambidae, Pyraustinae.

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Paso Pacifico Survey
Mission
El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
Mission
Insects of Costa Rica
Photographed
PublishedOctober 26, 2014

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