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Back to the Monday Moth! This beautiful insect is Stiria dyari (Noctuidae) collected on a February trip outside of Cataviña, Baja California Mexico. I believe the host plants are still unknown, but all of the moths in the genus Stiria have these brilliant yellow forewings that help camouflage them on the stem . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits Share honetan! Iruzkin bat - (Iruzkinak itxita daude)  Entomología  Entomología, Lepidoptera, Mexikon, Astelehena sits, Sitsak, Noctuidae Maroga setiotricha (Xyloryctidae)
Beste australiar erraldoi bat “mikrolep”, (ziurrenik) Maroga setiotricha: Xylorictidae – 60 mm-tan neurtuta. Horrelako hegoekin hegalari ikaragarriak egin behar dituzte. According to the Xyloryctinae Moths of Australia blog the larvae are stem borers into Acacia sp. (Mimosaceae). Ale hau azaroan bildu zen 1962 by Ed . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits Share honetan! Iruzkin bat - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología beraz, ezin dut esan, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Astelehena sits, Sitsak Gnophaela vermiculata pair
This Monday moth is an Arctiinae, Gnophaela vermiculata. These beautiful day flying moths were abundant on yellow Helianthus flowers around 9000′ in the Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico. Caterpillars feed on bluebells, but the adults prefer the highest quality nectar source in the area – which fortunately makes . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits Share honetan! Iruzkinak itxita daude Entomología Biltzen, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Astelehena sits, Sitsak, New Mexico, Argazkia Bihurtu nigrorufa (Megalopygidae)
Asteleheneko sitsa Megalopygidae Neotropikoko eme harrigarria da – Bihurtu nigrorufa. Ed Rossek eta Ev Schlingerrek bildu zuten ale hau Perun urtean 1955, eta istorio asko entzun ditut espedizio epiko hauei buruz. Benetan ezin dut imajinatu zamaontzian bidaiatzea, being gone for six or more . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits Share honetan! Iruzkinak itxita daude Entomología California Zientzien Akademia, Biltzen, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Megalopygidae, Astelehena sits, Sitsak Oops, I skipped last monday’s moth, so here are two! These are some stunners from the CAS Philippines expedition and I think I have figured out their names. If you know better, please correct me.
Parasa darma (Limacodidae)
Parotis marginata (Crambidae)
. . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits Share honetan! Iruzkin bat - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología California Zientzien Akademia, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Astelehena sits, Sitsak, Filipinetan I’ll keep the ball rolling with Arctiinae and post a photo today of Ctenucha brunnea. This moth can be common in tall grasses along beaches from San Francisco to LA – although in recent decades the numbers of this moth have been declining with habitat destruction and the invasion of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria). Baina . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits Share honetan! Iruzkin bat - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología California Zientzien Akademia, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Astelehena sits, Sitsak, Espezieen Gaurko sits SE Arizona eta Mexiko espezie eder eta arraroa da: Lerina jasotako (Erebidae: Arctiinae). Like many other day flying species it is brilliantly colored and quite likely aposematic. After all, ostalari landare milkweed bat da, eta beldarra da bezain harrigarri (azpitik). Lerina jasotako (Erebidae: Arctiinae)
This . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits Share honetan! Iruzkinak itxita daude Entomología Arctiidae, Arizona, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Astelehena sits, Sitsak Baloia serie honekin errodadura mantentzeko eta erregular gehiago egiten saiatu naiz. I will also focus on highlighting a new species each week from the massive collections here at the California Academy of Sciences. This should give me enough material for… gutxienez, batzuk ehun urte. Grammia . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits Share honetan! Iruzkin bat - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología California Zientzien Akademia, Biltzen, Ekologia, Entomología, Desagertua, Lepidoptera, Astelehena sits, Sitsak, Espezieen |
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