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Giant Leopard Moth

Hypercompe scribonia

Description:

Large, white moth with black & grey blotches and stripes.

Habitat:

Found in a park closeby on a tree trunk.

1 Comment

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Noctuidae, Pantheinae, Lichnoptera sp. It might be Lichnoptera decora, the most common one in US and Mexico, but it could also be Lichnoptera cavillator or Lichnoptera felina, just as examples from reports of Costa Rica.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/456...
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I...
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I...

GavinMcRee
Spotted by
GavinMcRee

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Apr 2, 2015
Submitted on Apr 2, 2015

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