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Hagnagora ephestris

Hagnagora ephestris

Description:

A small little moth with red, grey and white marbelled wings and a very heavy body to match. The lower half of the forewing is bright yellow and it has large greenish eyes.

Habitat:

Beside a little stream over a dirt road, surrounded by dense tropical forest. Seen on the Eastern slope of the Andes in NE. Bolivia at 1455 meters.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Hagnagora ephestris
Hagnagora ephestris Hagnagora ephestris - Wikipedia


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4 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 4 years ago

Thanks Saturniidae27 for narrowing down the ID...

pamsai
pamsai 4 years ago

Thanks ornithoptera80 and Bayucca for narrowing down the ID of this little moth...

bayucca
bayucca 4 years ago

It is a Geometridae, Larentiinae, either Hagnagora sp. (towards which I tend to) or Heterusia sp.

Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 4 years ago

It might be a species of casniidae,amazing spotting pamsai

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

Municipio Coripata, La Paz, Bolivia

Spotted on May 14, 2019
Submitted on Jul 24, 2019

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