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Plume Moth

Pterophorus sp.

Description:

This insect measures about 3/4" from head to tail and has a wing span of about the same amount.

Habitat:

tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica one month into the six month dry season. It was resting on the leeward side of a banana trunk

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4 Comments

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 12 years ago

thanks Latimeria. I found many plume moths in my searches but none that came close in coloration. I decided to go ahead and put Pterophorus sp. and leave it as unidentified. The more spottings I have the more I feel that there are so many unidentified or fully studied species here in Costa Rica. I am sure, that with time, we will discover many new species here in Costa which shall be revealed here on Project Noah.

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

Good luck!

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 12 years ago

thanks latimeria. tomorrow I will check it out!

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

It's a species of plume moth, in the family Pterophoridae: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterophorid....

LarryGraziano
Spotted by
LarryGraziano

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 1, 2012
Submitted on Jan 1, 2012

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