Subject: Two Tiger moths from Brazil
Location: Rio Cristalino, Brazil
October 27, 2015 11:57 am
Hi Bugman,
Here are a couple of beautiful moths which I am having trouble pinning down. They were both seen at Cristalino Jungle Lodge in lower Amazonia, Brazil.
The Wasp Moth is similar to many I’ve found on the web but I have not found one where the gold stripes are vertical along the body, as in this one!
The Tiger moth looks like many similar Eucereon sp. but I have not found any with this color combination.
I look forward to your opinion.
Signature: Jczinn
Wasp Mimic Moth
Dear Jczinn,
We found a matching image to your Wasp Mimic Tiger Moth from the Subtribe Euchromiina on FlickR, that is identified as Calonotos angustipennis. We don’t know if the subtle differences represent a different species in the same genus or if it is subtle variation within the species. We located a second image on FlickR that is nearly identical to your image and Cahurel Entomologie has many similar looking species. Your second moth we have not had a chance to identify, but we will give our readership an identification challenge while we are out of the office for a few days at the end of the week.
Tiger Moth: Eucereon latifascia
Daniel,
Wow, that was fast–thank you! It certainly looks good for Calonotos angustipennis. Hope someone can ID #2 as well.
Really appreciate it!
Janet
I like This
Second looks like an Eucereon sp., maybe E. latifascia.
http://www.snipview.com/q/Eucereon_latifascia
Thanks Cesar. Looks good to us.
The Calonotos is a better match with C. longipennis, according to specimen photos at boldsystems.org. I have also photographed this species twice at Cristalino Jungle Lodge. Incidentally the marker on the map that appears above is misplaced by a few hundred kilometers. Cristalino is located at -9.59759°, -55.93127°. Regards, Rich Hoyer
Thanks for the information. We don’t have control over where Google determines the location to exist.
It will place it correctly if the location “Cristalino Jungle Lodge” is used. I’m guessing there are several “Rio Cristalino” in Brazil.