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Description:

Large moth, about five inches long.

Habitat:

Cloud forest

1 Species ID Suggestions

Automeris amanda
Automeris amanda Lepidoptera Barcode of Life


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5 Comments

Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 4 years ago

Thank you bayucca,I will try to change all the ID's with links

bayucca
bayucca 4 years ago

This is Automeris amanda and most probably ssp. suboscura. Saturniidae are sometimes tricky to ID. There were a lot of renaming due to recent and new DNA barcoding. In addition in Northern South America like Ecuador, Peru and Colombia it is essential to have the exact location. Some of these moths are not flying on the other part of the Andes.
Here are some links:
http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/STDA/BC-D...
http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/SAVSA/BC-...
http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/SAVSA/BC-...
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxb...

bayucca
bayucca 4 years ago

SO, we have the same problems again. 2 suggestions and no additional infos. Please, always add the link for a) proof ;-) and b) discussion. We all want to learn about all these bugs and critters.

Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 4 years ago

It is hard to tell the automeris in that region,it might be automeris amanda or automeris excreta.

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Rhiannon2
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Rhiannon2

Nanegalito, Pichincha, Ecuador

Spotted on Jun 20, 2019
Submitted on Jun 27, 2019

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