Ioannis

Thanks!

Thank you Daniele. I found interesting/amusing that Hübner in 1819 named 18 butterflies from the Argonaut compagnons of Jason and Linné at 1758 named a series of butterflies with names from Greek and Trojan heroes of the Iliad.

Very similar shape and colour to European Broom Moth (noctuelle du pois, Ceramica pisi or Melanchra pisi) which is not found in Canada.

Thank you both!

Updated with high resolution photo, identification and info.

Thank you Paul, I looked on Pellenes but the pattern on the back is a little different. I'll try to search more.

Thanks again! I should have recognised it, I found another one in Arta two years ago: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/495...

I edited the spot to add two macro photos of the head.
You can now see the ocelli and some details around the mouth.
(I took some pictures with the phone and some with my reflex camera but I transferred the reflex photos later).

Thanks for the correction Despina.

Caution: despite the name "velvet ant" this is a wasp with a painful sting.