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Lichen Moth

Rhabdatomis sp.

Habitat:

Arctiinae: Lithosiini I believe. Came to lights, lowland tropical forest.

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Tiger Moth
Rhabdatomis sp. Lithosiinae genus Rhabdatomis


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Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 9 years ago

I would not dare to put a definite species on this individual without a specimen, as there are some very similar species such as R. cora and R. laudamia, and both are recorded from Mexico, according to BOLDsystems:
http://boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrow...

Rhabdatomis laudamia: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?searc...

elaphrus
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elaphrus

Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 19, 2014
Submitted on Dec 31, 2014

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