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Totrix Moth

poss Clepsis sp.

Description:

This moth is no larger than 1/4" long. It looks like it has a clown face pattern on the wings

Habitat:

Tropical wet forest in NW Costa Rica

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4 Comments

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

Interesting in that this family of moths have human like faces! Thank you Toshimi!

ToshimiDowaki
ToshimiDowaki 11 years ago

Very interesting moth.

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

thanks Cindy!

This looks like a type of Tortrix moth (Family Tortricidae). Many have faces on their wings. Hope this helps you get started searching :)

LarryGraziano
Spotted by
LarryGraziano

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Spotted on Aug 8, 2012
Submitted on Sep 2, 2012

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