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Quentalia numalia, Urapanes del Bosque, Colombia

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Christine Young

Lion

Maybe Quentalia numalia?

https://leps.fieldguide.ai/figure/603b91a0f1029889868c06fb/detail?profile=figures&category=59bb36db929d3d10ea9f0cde Posted 2 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  That looks like a great candidate, although it must say the photos of it show so much variability. Posted 2 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    I noticed that too. I can't exactly figure out how people know to ID a species as such when it is so variable. Maybe they are actually subspecies that just haven't been sequence-confirmed. Posted 2 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      I'm honestly not sure how IDs work at the fieldguide sites, not sure how they are administered. They generally seem of a high quality though. Posted 2 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Definitely high quality. I just suspect that there are more species or subspecies than we currently recognize because they have yet to be named. The variations within a species could be because it is an unrecognized species. It would be fun to have a job where you sequence moths to look for new species. Posted 2 years ago
      2. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Agreed. If the effort that goes into birds would go into moths, we'd have way more of them :) Posted 2 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        So true. Posted 2 years ago

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The Quentalia numalia

Quentalia numalia is a silk moth in the Quentalia genus.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Jun 28, 2023. Captured Sep 27, 2022 20:19 in 9GPC+24 Cajamarca, Tolima, Colombia.

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ISO1250
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