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Panthea sp.
Grey or grey and brown moth with black lines and very hairy thorax and legs. Under wings lightly mottled grey without black lines. Family Noctuidae. The last 2 pictures show the head and antennae of the female (5) and the male (6). Pictures 2, 3 and 4 were taken on 14 August 2014.
Came to an ultraviolet light in the garden, semi-urban area on the outskirts of San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
The larvae of all Panthea app. are known to feed only on conifer needles. We have several species of pines in San Cristobal. This is the larva of a similar species. http://www.invasive.org/browse/detail.cf... See: Revision of the New World Panthea…. http://www.pensoft.net/journal_home_page...
Thank you J for the identification and your comments, and your research! I don't see any records for Mexico...yet.... :))
Gorgeous! Looks very similar to several Panthea. If I had to guess, it would be either P. virginarius:
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
Or Panthea sp. nov. (a variation being researched to see wether it is worthy of being its own species.) I would think it is this one, but Panthea sp. is the furthest you can go if it is this one. The first photo of this looks the most like yours:
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
Spotted on Mar 23, 2013
Submitted on Mar 27, 2013
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