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Chlorhoda tricolor Toulgoët
Reference: Piñas, F., S. Rab R., G. Onore., I. Manzano, Quito 2000, Mariposas del Ecuador, Vol. 20, Arctiidae
National Moth Week fun fact! Moths in the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae, are known as tiger moths. They are brightly colored to signify their distastefulness to birds, and they emit clicks from a structure in their thorax known as the tympanum to interfere with the echolocation of bats. Some tiger moths are also able to emit a unpalatable liquid to show birds they may be harmful to eat. You can find out more about the Erebidae family in our blog today - http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/5633259...
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This is such a terrific moth! The moth in the link is Chlorhoda thoracica, which I do not necessarily think this species is, since your spotting has a much thicker yellow forewing outline.
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/And...
It appears there is a bit of confusion as to how to spell the genus name. My suggestion link provides the genus name as Chlorhoda, whereas boldsystems classifies the genus name as Chloroda. Since both sources are quite reputable, I was a bit confused and labeled the genus as such in the suggestion. That being said, I do think the correct spelling is Chlorhoda, as searching Chlorhoda provided many more results of the genus this moth belongs to.
I hope this helps, I love all of your amazing spottings, just stellar!! :-)
Spotted on Feb 23, 2013
Submitted on Jun 16, 2013
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