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Aclytia heber
Smokey colored Day-flying moth (female) with pale faint stripes on the wings, metallic blue scales on the upper abdomen, a yellow diagonal band across the front wings, orange front femora and an orange stripe along the under midsection of the abdomen. About 1 cm in length. In the first and last pictures, the orange proboscis is extended.
Came to the parking lights of a shopping center, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Aclytia heber, female (!).
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aclytia_heb...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37957896@N0...
My last Xmas ID! ¡Feliz Navidad!
Spotted on Dec 21, 2013
Submitted on Dec 24, 2013
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