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Nyridela xanthocera
Clear Wing Moth with orange antennae and a body covered in metallic blue-green scales. About 1.5 cm long. It seems to mimic a Spider Wasp. Family Erebidae, Arctiinae.
Came to an ultraviolet light set up along the highway on a cliff between San Cristobal and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 18.5, 1164 meters.
This moth was spotted previously for Chiapas at about 1000 meters more in altitude in October of 2013 (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/562...).
Spotted on Jul 24, 2016
Submitted on Jul 26, 2016
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