Gorgonidia Tiger Moth

Description:

Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Phaegopterina, Gorgonidia buckleyi. Wildsumaco Lodge, 1450 m asl, Provincia de Napo, Ecuador

Habitat:

Neotropical rainforest. Altitudes from 500 m to 2000 m asl. There are several other species, which sometimes only differ in details, but in general the genus is unmistakable for it colors and markings.

Notes:

Attracted to blacklight on the empty terrace of the Wildsumaco Lodge. The light I got from an old friend from facebook (Jim McClarin, a coleopterist) which I invited together with Andreas Kay to the lodge. So we had the whole lodge for us! Nothing more to add that I usually had an 18 h day with hunting bugs all the day and night... Hiring the best bird guy (Byron) I converted him to a butterfly and bug guy and a real mothman!