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Saturniid Moth

Oxytenis naemia

Description:

Saw several of these moths over the 3 days in Tuis, Costa Rica.

Habitat:

halogen light setup on the edge of pre-montane rainforest

1 Species ID Suggestions

Saturniid Moth
Oxytenis naemia BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser


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2 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 10 years ago

thanks Jacubko. Seems that the moths from Tuis are hard to exactly fit into a species. Probably just really hard to tell from just 1 shot. You are doing a great job!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Oxytenis naemia naemia and Oxytenis naemia orecta are subspecies, but yours doesn't really look like either of them.

pamsai
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pamsai

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jul 12, 2013
Submitted on Jul 24, 2013

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