Orange Furry Moth
Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:35 PM
I saw this moth on my kitchen window at night in Jocotepec, JAL, Mexico. He was about one inch long. The first photo is him on a piece of white paper and the second photo is him on a piece of glass, shot from the other side.
David Brownell
Jocotepec, JAL, Mexico
Hi David,
Your photos are spectacular. We don’t know what this moth is and we don’t have time to research at the moment as we must dash off to work, but we are posting and hope someone can provide an answer. Here is what Julian Donahue, our neighbor the lepidopterist had to say: “It’s in the family Dalceridae. The expert on the group is Dr. Scott Miller at the Smithsonian Institution. You might want to send him the photo to get a species name. Julian”
With that information, we located a mounted specimen of Acraga coa that looks promising, but the mounted specimen lacks all the charm of David’s photographs.
Spectacular picture! It is a Dalceridae, and the species is Acraga coa.
Dr. Scott Miller
The Smithsonian Institution
Hola. I love the looks of this little guy. I wish I was an expert at these things so I could help, but I know pretty much nothing about bugs. I did see a similar moth on bug guide. It didn’t have the fuzzy legs like this one, but the wings looked pretty similar.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/31242
surprisingly, my friend also found this bug here in Malang, Indonesia…
here is the picture
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/q71/s720x720/601067_560095944043421_1900547504_n.jpg
The color is similar, but other anatomical features are quite different. Your friend’s moth is not the same species.
surprisingly, my friend also found this bug here in Malang, Indonesia…
here is the picture
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/q71/s720x720/601067_560095944043421_1900547504_n.jpg