What Moth Is This?
Location: Jinotega, Jinotega, Nicaragua (12°55′N 85°55′W)
February 2, 2012 3:13 pm
Dear Bugman,
Could you try to identify this moth so I can try to find better image of it?
This is in Jinotega, Nicaragua, during the rainy season in the last week of July 2010.
Signature: Cheers! SRW
Dear SRW,
The photo you submitted does not provide much detail in the moth, but we decided to attempt an identification. We first found a moth that looks like a good match on the Evolutionary Biology webpage, but it is not identified and the caption reads “Nightlife at Lake Apoyo.” You need to scroll down the page a bit to see the image. We continued to search and we believe this image of Arsenura armida on FlickRis a good match. Over the years we have posted several aggregations of Central American caterpillars that have been identified as the larvae of Arsenura armida.
