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Cosmosoma teuthras
Orange and brown wasp mimic moth with mostly clear wings and metallic green scales on the head, thorax and abdomen, 1.5 cm long. Family Erebidae, Arctiinae (Arctiidae). This specimen is a bit scruffy, with loss of hair on the thorax.
Came to an ultraviolet light in the garden, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
See females and a male for this species in this spotting from July 2016: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/197...
Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Euchromiina, Cosmosoma teuthras.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C...
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmosoma_t...
http://eol.org/pages/566287/overview
Spotted on Apr 6, 2014
Submitted on Apr 10, 2014
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