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Rothschildia Triloba Moth

Rothschildia triloba

Description:

First time to see this Moth, it was so large and so beautiful, it was a little! damaged but still gorgeous, 4 windows in the wings were see-though. I think it is a Atlas Moth?!

2 Species ID Suggestions

nexttogone
nexttogone 11 years ago
Forbes' Silkmoth
Rothschildia forbesi Finally a Forbes! - Rothschildia forbesi - BugGuide.Net
bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Rothschildia Moth
Rothschildia triloba Rothschildia triloba - Information on Rothschildia triloba


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19 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

:-)!

Muy bien dicho, asi que Espanol tambien? Mucho talento.. : )

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Con mucho gusto.

Thank you so much, bayucca, you always so helpful, I can see the difference.
I will change the ID, thanks again.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Rothschilida lebeau and Rothschildia lebeau forbesi are the same.
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.ed...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/28931
Lebeau looks different, see my comment below. I still thinks it is Rothschildia triloba: Spots (much larger and much more rounded in Lebeau than in Triloba) and altitude fit quite well.

Need help with the ID of this Moth.
Now that I see Juan.moreiras Moth, Is this spotting a:
Rothschildia Silkmoth, Rothschildia lebeau,
Rothschildia Moth, Rothschildia triloba or a
Rothschildia forbesi, Forbes' Silkmoth.

nexttogone
nexttogone 11 years ago

I would change it to bayucca's too. ") My suggestion was only a start and bayucca is very much more knowledgeable.

But many thanks to bayucca and nexttogone.

So many types of Rothchildia, I did notice that the triloba has smaller see-through windows. I will change the name mostly because bayucca has ID so many of my spotting correctly

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Rothschildia lebeau forbesi has round spots not triangle-like as shown in yours. According to the location and altitude it is most probably Rothschildia triloba.

Alt. 1,244 m. above sea level, Lat. 10.03, Long. -84,29. This is correct.
Google Map is incorrect, when I type where I am?!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

What was the exact altitude of your location?

I am in Costa Rica I guess the Location was not change since my last spotting.

Thank you for the ID nexttogone, I feel lucky to have seen a Forbes' Silkmoth Rothschildia forbesi, hope to see more.

nexttogone
nexttogone 11 years ago

I'm not sure on the suggestion but it does seem more like the Texas species. But it is at least a starting point. The California species are quite a bit different.

nexttogone
nexttogone 11 years ago

Awesome! I believe that you will find one of these with an ID in the Butterflies & Moths of the World mission.

Thank you Noel Buensuceso.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

is the location correct? Was this spotted in California?

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Great spot Gylma!

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Oct 7, 2012
Submitted on Oct 13, 2012

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