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Cossid moth

Cossidae; Langsdorfia sp

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John B.
John B. 5 months ago
Cossid Moth
Cossidae; Langsdorfia sp. Langsdorfia - Wikipedia


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John B.
John B. 5 months ago

Hi Augusto Patiño Ramirez,
As you can see, my I.D. Suggestion only provides the Genus Langsdorfia. I have not been able to identify the Species of your moth. Your second photo looks close to Langsdorfia franckii Hübner, 1824, but your first photo has some colours which make it look different. Wikipedia lists 25 species in the Genus Langsdorfia, but only 5 of them are present in Colombia. They are:
Langsdorfia andensis Felder, 1874
Langsdorfia bellaria Dognin, 1911
Langsdorfia coresa Schaus, 1901
Langsdorfia franckii Hübner, 1824
Langsdorfia rufescens Druce, 1901
Unfortunately, Wikipedia has no Pictures of any of these moths. If you look in https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/423931-...... You will see that some of the photos look like the moth in your second picture. There are also two Spottings in Project Noah which show Langsdorfia Moths. They seem to be of similar style, but they have different colouring and markings: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15...... and https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/13...... I think this one might be rather difficult to identify to species level.

Manizales, Caldas, Colombia

Spotted on Oct 26, 2023
Submitted on Oct 26, 2023

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