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Langsdorfia lunifera
Large Moth about 3.5 cm long. It has face-like markings on the front of the Pronotum. Family Cossidae, Subfamily Hypoptinae. The larvae of Cossid moths are wood boring.
Came to an ultraviolet light, Finca Argovia, Ruta de Café, Soconusco Area of Chiapas, about 2 hours north of Tapachula.
Many thanks to Enio Branco of Moth Maniacs for the identifications. This moth has a distribution from Mexico to northern South America. http://unsw.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?res=... http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?searc... http://picssr.com/tags/lunifera http://www.jellyfields.com/photo/9498754... https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreaskay... http://www.flickriver.com/photos/andreas... http://picssr.com/tags/langsdorfialunife...
Spotted on Nov 20, 2015
Submitted on Apr 29, 2016
2 Comments
Thank you James, have an ID now!
Amazing looking moth. Great pictures to