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Hemeroblemma cf. dolosina
Metallic blue and purple moth which appeared brown in poor lighting. This means that the moth's scales were brown, but had nano-structures on them which reflect only blue light.
Central American rain forest in the Mayan Mountains of Belize
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I don't have a photo without a flash sadly, the location was extremely dim and I didn't have a place to store the specimen overnight.
Erebidae, Erebinae, Thermesiini, Hemeroblemma sp. and it is either Hemeroblemma dolosina or Hemeroblemma dolosa. I slightly tend to Hemeroblemma dolosina due to the slightly different and less strong markings in Dolosina. Do you have another picture without flash (if this one would be flash?)?.
http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/318962-H...
Spotted on May 15, 2016
Submitted on May 29, 2016
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