Clave para los lepidópteros de Canadá

A few months ago a magnificent key to the Lepidoptera of Canada (all of them) was published by Jason Dombroskiea PhD student from the U. of Alberta. The program is available for windows users only so I haven’t had a good chance to explore it yetbut the PDF is available online . . . → Leer más: Clave para los lepidópteros de Canadá

Lunes Moth

Par Gnophaela vermiculata

 

Esta polilla lunes es un Arctiinae, Gnophaela vermiculata. Estas polillas días vuelan hermosas eran abundantes en flores amarillas de Helianthus alrededor de 9000′ en el Bosque Nacional de Santa Fe, Nuevo México. Las orugas se alimentan de campanillas, pero los adultos prefieren la fuente de néctar de más alta calidad en la zona – which fortunately makes . . . → Leer más: Lunes Moth

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Trosia nigrorufa (Megalopygidae)

 

This Monday moth is a stunning female of the Neotropical MegalopygidaeTrosia nigrorufa. Ed Ross and Ev Schlinger collected this specimen in Peru in 1955, and I’ve heard many stories about these epic expeditions. I can’t really imagine travelling via cargo ship, being gone for six or more . . . → Leer más: Lunes Moth

Lunes Moth

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)

 

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Schinia villosa

 

This Monday’s moth is a duo of Schinia villosa (Noctuidae) resting on what I am assuming is their host plant (Erigeron sp.). I snapped this shot around 9,000 feet up on the Kaibab plateau in Northern Arizona last month. A fire must have burned the area a few years ago . . . → Leer más: Lunes Moth

Lunes Moth

Last week Jim Hayden guessed the moth I posted was an Australian Oecophoridae. It was a good guess because there are so many large and stunning moths in this family from Australia. One of the best has to be this one, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), captured on Black Mountain in Canberra October 23, 1955 (CAS collections). . . . → Leer más: Lunes Moth

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ANSWER: This wasn’t easybut this large and beautiful moth was from Australia and is in the family Xyloryctidae (Philarista sp.). We have a handful of representatives of this group here in the US and Ted MacRae over on Beetles in the Bush has a few great photographs of them. Somehow I think we . . . → Leer más: Lunes Moth

Dancing Moth

Here is another wonderful video from Warren! I am guessing this is a Choreutidae because of the way the wings are held while dancingalthough it’s too fast to really get a clear look. Given that it’s from a fauna I’m totally unfamiliar with I could easily be wrongso please correct me . . . → Leer más: Dancing Moth

Lunes Moth

 

This week’s moth is a video of a dancing micro from the Philippines (taken by Warren Laurde). As you might suspect this is a mating display that ends in a pretty spectacular headstand. There are lots of other microleps that have dancing or display behavior, but there are almost no other videos online . . . → Leer más: Lunes Moth

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Chiricahua multidentado (Polilla geómetra)

Polilla de este lunes es una especie espectaculares de las montañas de Arizona – Chiricahua multidentado, un Geometrid. La ubicación única conocida para esta especie es en la parte superior de las montañas Chiricahua anteriores 9,000 pies (que se acaba de Bruned a cenizas). Ojalá el fuego no fuera . . . → Leer más: Lunes Moth