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Spotting

Description:

This gorgeous golden brown colored moth was found in wall among other moths, covered with fur, it has a beautiful brown pattern on its wings, detailed orange antennae and red in the top of the head and the end of its legs.

Habitat:

Tropical Rainforest

Notes:

This is probably another Andes Moth species, but I want to know the exact species

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Saturniid Moth
Hylesia sp.


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2 Comments

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Thank you so much bayucca, sorry the picture that shows the moth the most is the third one, I will keep on researching based on your information, Thank You!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Saturniidae, Hemileucinae, Hylesia sp., I will try to get closer. Do you have a picture of the whole moth (dorsal view). This would be very important for an ID.

Nimbid Ditavi
Spotted by
Nimbid Ditavi

Cundinamarca, Colombia

Spotted on Apr 7, 2013
Submitted on Apr 7, 2013

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