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Acraga moorei
The Furry Moth of The Andes is a Gorgeous orange moth commonly found on South America, pricipally on the tropics, its coloration is usually a dark orange, but it can also be found with reddish coloration. It´s covered with fur all over its body and has really long legs, though, you can´t see that in here, they are being hidden. Its antennae its really detailed, this helps the moth to analyze its environment more effectively.
Grasslands
You can see the deatail of its antennae in the third picture.
Spotted on Apr 3, 2013
Submitted on Apr 3, 2013
11 Comments
Spectacular, Phillip!
Good find!
Gorgeous indeed!
Thanks Karen and Mayra!.
Bayucca, Thanks for your help! I still researching on it, I was also skeptical about the present species, but the localization coincide and I heard they CAN fold its long legs when wanted, so... I will keep it on pending, Thank you so much for your help! :)
Great macro!
I am not sure about this one. Acraga is certainly one common genus, but even within the Acaga genus there are many similar genus. Subfamily is Acraginae and there are at least three large genus: Acraga, Dalcerides and Acragine. I do not think you can ID this one without the native specimen and DNA examination.
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
Awesome moth!
Wow nice picture where did you find it?
Thank you bayucca, I researched about the family you suggested me in my location, and I found A. moorei. Thanks a lot!
Looks like a Dalceridae?
So cute and furry!