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Geometridae moth

Smicropus laeta

Description:

Yellow and black butterfly. 4 cm wingspan.

Habitat:

Near a river in Chiflon waterfall.

1 Species ID Suggestions

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago
Smicropus laeta (Geometridae moth)
Smicropus laeta Smicropus laeta - Overview


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13 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Christos and ViSarancha

VitoSarancha
VitoSarancha 10 years ago

miraculous!!!

ChristosMaroulis
ChristosMaroulis 10 years ago

Nice!!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Bhagya

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

so nice

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Lauren for the links.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Beautiful! Interesting the little differences between yours and mine from the same locality and even more so those of Costa Rica and Colombia. It is such a striking moth!
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/153...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/323...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/844...

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Gatorfellows for the correction and for the new link.

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

Luis the scientific name need to be Smicropus laeta :)

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

I finally found a reference that has a photo and capture tag in Mexico: http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/cgi-bin/q...
I cannot wait to be back in a house and have my reference books out of storage :)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Gatorfellows for the ID and link. Thank you Celestialprincess101 for the confirmation.

celestialprincess101
celestialprincess101 10 years ago

@gator Your's looks like it.

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

Please confirm my suggestion. Could not find a good range map.
Do not think it is the C. Joker. Your spotting does not have dark stripes on hindwings. Ref for joker: http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/And...

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 8, 2013
Submitted on Dec 15, 2013

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