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Erateina sp. ? - possibly Trocherateina sp.
Small day-flying moth from a family of which I see quite a lot in South America, but this one is different to others I have seen.
Secondary forest relatively close to huge area of primary rain forest. Altitude 880 m.
I quite often forget what setting I have left on my camera and sadly this morning I had left the exposure wrongly so that everything has turned out far too dark and I have had to try and correct that on the computer. Thus the photos (with flash) are not as good as they should be.
Spotted on Nov 18, 2016
Submitted on Jan 14, 2017
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I had not heard of that one and see you had a go at one on Project Noah for someone else.
Using your suggestion I found Trocherateina cachara that was near, but the only Trocherateina on Flickr (again your suggestion) looks very different. I would still guess erateina more likely.
Definitely Geometridae, Larentiinae. Not really sure if Erateina, which would be certainly close, but we should not forget Trocherateina sp., though.