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Asthenidia lactucina

Asthenidia lactucina

Habitat:

Spotted at the edge of the jungle, Matiti savanna, French Guiana.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Therinia sp.


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8 Comments

EmilieChich
EmilieChich 11 years ago

Thanks Bill & Bayucca. The change is made.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

He, he :-)), thanks Bill! I am happy to see my suggestion and guess being the same. Therinia is now called Asthenidia, I think I should have know that 9 month ago as well. The ID of Bill is 100% safe, Emiliy!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Bayucca might be correct with follwoing family as it is recorded in the spotted region.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxyteninae
What is the size of wings of this moth...?
Look like bigger to Uraniidae family moths...
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

These type Moths called Swallowtailed type Moths. Mostly from Uraniidae subfamily.

BillOehlke
BillOehlke 11 years ago

Asthenidia lactucina.
Bill Oehlke

EmilieChich
EmilieChich 12 years ago

Thanks for the information, Bayucca.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

It is not Geometraria and Stricturaria.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Micronia is a genus from South Asia. It is a Saturniidae, Therinia sp., closer is tricky, the moth is a little bit too bright to clearly see the markings. Might be Therinia lactucina due to the slightly falcated apex, but I am not sure. There are probably more species in Guyana.

EmilieChich
Spotted by
EmilieChich

French Guiana

Spotted on Dec 14, 1997
Submitted on Mar 4, 2012

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