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Amastus sp.
These moth is about 4 cm long and was found in a gas station close to the rainforest at Baeza and Cosanga. Amastus coccinator SCHAUS, 1901 Superfamily : NOCTUOIDEA Family : ARCTIIDAE subfamily : ARCTIINAE
Andean Rainforest in the slopes to the Amazon
Next time I'll collect the specimen ... it is hard to identifly it. Thanks bayucca and AgnesAdiqueTalavera
Definitely an Amastus sp., but not Amastus coccinator, this one should have a darker red part between the orange stripes. It might be Amastus aloniae:
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
But it is not possible to ID this one without the native specimen:
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
There were quite a few newly detected species from Ecuador.
Spotted on Mar 9, 2013
Submitted on Mar 9, 2013
