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Decorated Dirphiopsis

Dirphiopsis picturata

Description:

A rather large moth, around 5/6 cm long. Beautiful color pattern with pink accents on the "shoulders" and wings, and red "hairs" in the head.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Decorated Dirphiopsis
Dirphiopsis picturata Decorated Dirphiopsis


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8 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

What I'm not sure of is the white slash on the upper part of the forewing.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Another similar species to consider as an unlikely probability.
http://v2.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrows...
Please confirm my ID.

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

Beautiful :)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Beautiful! Just spectacular!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Linda captura, grande macro!!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

MariaPomsaharova & Antonio, thank you very much.

MariaPomsaharova
MariaPomsaharova 11 years ago

beautiful. I started falling in love with moths ever since I joined PN and got a chance to see the various species all over the world.

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 11 years ago

Wow sérgio another gorgeous one :)
parabéns por mais um spotting do dia Xará,grande trabalho :D

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Paraná, Brazil

Spotted on Jul 24, 2012
Submitted on Jul 25, 2012

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