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Polilla leopardo

Pantherodes sp.

Description:

Las larvas se alimentan de una planta de la familia urticaceae, esta polilla es de la familia de las geometridae. Es de color marrón con amarillo, circulos negros en las alas dorsales y antenas filiformes. De aproximandamente 4 cm.

Habitat:

Bosques y selvas tropicales y subtropicales.

Notes:

Autor de la foto: Billo Zamudio Palestino.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Leopard Moth
Pantherodes sp. Leopard Moth


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4 Comments

Billo-kun
Billo-kun 11 years ago

Thank you very much! @Gerardo Aizpuro :)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Very nice great find :)

Billo-kun
Billo-kun 11 years ago

Thank you very much @bayucca :) ok!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Geometridae, Pantherodes sp.. Unfortunately I never met somebody who for sure can separate the different subspecies. It is not Conglomerata, most probably not the common one Pardalaria (I never saw a record of Mexico). Might be Unciaria. But there might be other and unid species in Mexico.

Billo-kun
Spotted by
Billo-kun

Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico

Spotted on Nov 20, 2012
Submitted on Nov 20, 2012

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