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Scarlet tipped wasp mimic

Dinia aeagrus

Description:

Polilla de la familia Arctiidae. El macho (♂) posee cabeza, tórax y abdomen negro marrón, el último tiro un poco de azul, los mechones laterales y anal brillante carmesí, los mechones en el segmento anal más o menos mezclado con marrón, blanco coxas; hialino alas, las venas y los márgenes negro marrón, ala anterior con dos manchas azules plateados en la base; una faja marrón en el margen interno con raya carmesí en su parte media, un bar discocellular más o menos desarrollada negro. Ala posterior con banda terminal bastante amplio negro con borde interno ondulado. Hembras (♀) sin blanca en coxas. Habitan en: México, Cordoba, Xalapa, Orizaba, Coatepec, Guerrero, Veracruz, tabasco, Durango, Guatemala, Vera Paz, Costa Rica, Irazu, Santa Clara, Nicaragua, Chontales, Panama, Chiriqui, Honduras, Veragua, Brazil, Rio Janeiro.

Habitat:

Bosque tropical perturbado.

Notes:

Autor de la foto: Billo Zamudio Palestino.

10 Comments

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 10 years ago

Let us know when it happens :)

Billo-kun
Billo-kun 10 years ago

Yaaaay!!!! :') thank you! @dandoucette...I agree with @KarenSaxton too :)

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

That's a good idea Karen, it would be great to have a global mission for this.

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 10 years ago

We need a clearwing moth mission. I cannot get enough of these!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Awesome Billo! You, rubens and I have the trio spotting!

Billo-kun
Billo-kun 11 years ago

n__n yes! thank you! @Sachin Zaveri

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Beautiful,

Billo-kun
Billo-kun 11 years ago

:O thank you so much! @bayucca & thank you too @injica :)

injica
injica 11 years ago

Beautiful :)

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Arctiidae, Ctenuchinae, Dinia aeagrus. Nice one!

Billo-kun
Spotted by
Billo-kun

Veracruz, Mexico

Spotted on Sep 20, 2010
Submitted on Mar 31, 2013

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