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Silkworm Moth or Lappet Moth

Bombycidae

Habitat:

Amazon jungle

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Apatelodes pandara Apatelodes pandara


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8 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Nice find, Peter! Could you consider adding this to my mission, Moths of the Americas? Thanks so much!

Here is the mission link:

http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841...

peter
peter 12 years ago

Thanks bayucca, updated accordingly :)

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Still a Silkworm Moth, not a Hawk Moth ;-)...

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Lovely!

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Please, note that is a Bombycidae, Silkworm Moth not a Hawk Moth.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

It is not a Sphingidae, but a Bombycidae, Apatelodinae, Apatelodes pandara.

peter
peter 13 years ago

Thanks!

Latimeria
Latimeria 13 years ago

Looks like it could be a hawk moth, in the Sphingidae family.

peter
Spotted by
peter

Manaus, Brazil

Spotted on Oct 15, 2010
Submitted on Oct 15, 2010

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