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Syssphinx sp.
A bright orange and pink Silk Moth, 3 cm in length. No white spots on the upper wing but lots of brown spotting and the long diagonal line is slightly curved. This is a male. The genus Syssphinx used to be Sphingicampa. Family Saturniidae.
Photographed at a Black Light, Km 15.5, Highway between San Cristobal and Tuxtla Gutierrez, overlooking the Grijalva valley, Chiapas, Mexico.
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Spotted on Jul 22, 2019
Submitted on Jul 25, 2019
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