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Eudocima apta
A large green and brown moth with the dorsal side of the abdomen and the hind wings bright orange. The hind wings have a black spot in the center and a black and white band on the lower edge. Family Erebidae (Noctuidae). This is apparently the male, the female has the same underwing pattern, but a different upper wing pattern (http://www7.inra.fr/papillon/noctuid/oph...).
On the ground in a garden in the center of the City of Oaxaca.
See this larva of a Eudocima species spotted by Christianne in Australia in 2012. The larvae of this this genus of moths are dark and very unusual looking. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/989...
Thank you Jacob for the identification. I was surprised what a large distribution it has and that the larva is so dark and different.
Thank you Jacob, Rieko, Karen and Cindy. Yes dotun, unfortunately it was dying. It was on the ground in the garden, poor fellow :(
Spotted on Sep 9, 2013
Submitted on Sep 12, 2013
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