Aulean Tiger Moth
Arachnis aulaea
16.7131, -92.6126
Field Notes
Description:
Colorful Tiger Moth, female 2 cm in length with grey and white upper wings and black and red underwings. The body has red, orange, white and grey markings. Family Erebidae, Arctiinae.
See also https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/25095683/fullscreen.
Habitat:
Came to garden lights, semi-rural residential area, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico 2,200 meters.
Notes:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/256915-Arachnis-aulaea/browse_photos
http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctu…
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8155
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Arachnis-aulaea
http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/figs/moths/Arctiidae/8…
Comments (4)