Posted by
gedra on 07-09-2009 19:05
#1
After a visit to Puerto Maldonado, Peru in July, I have a few unidentified moths i would like some help with (optimistic maybe, but worth a try?). Anyone recognize some of them?
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Posted by
ChrisR on 10-09-2009 23:16
#6
To my untrained eye I would say that the top 2 are Arctiidae (or close families) and the bottom 2 are Geometridae ... but it's a very difficult part of the world to make such rash guesses!
You could try to contact some lepidopterists in the neotropics - they might recognise the shapes
There are some good lepidopterists in French Guiana (Guyane) who might be able to help. If you google a bit you can come up with some sites like
http://www.papill...Guyane.htm
#8
1
Xanthoarctia pseudameoides (Rotschild, 1909) (Arctiidae, Arctiinae). Described from Peru.
2 Looks very much like
Saurita vindonissa (Druce, 1883) (Arctiidae, Ctenuchinae); this species is probably recorded only from Ecuador, though. Yet it's certainly a
Saurita sp.
3
Eois nr.
binaria (Geometridae, Larentiinae).
4
Lissochlora? Nemoria? (Geometridae, Geometrinae).