Green Moth

Description:

For National Moth Week 2016. A Lime green moth about 2 cm long with 3 bands of brown and turquoise lines. The antennae are green at the basal half and brown on the ends. This is the first time I have seen this moth in Chiapas. The third picture is of the same species photographed on 22 July 2019 at a Black light set up at Km 15 on the same highway. This area overlooks the Grijalva Valley. Family Erebidae.

Habitat:

Came to an ultraviolet light set up along the highway on a cliff between San Cristobal and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 18.5, 1164 meters.

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulepidoti... https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/60291... https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreaskay... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulepidoti... https://www.naturalista.mx/taxa/553959-E...