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Dalcerides alba, La Isla Escondida, Colombia <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70576/dalcerides_alba_-_side_view_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html" title="Dalcerides alba - side view, La Isla Escondida, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/70576_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=W%2FcVfo7%2FGfy3D%2F9HGIjd6DV9jBQ%3D" width="200" height="136" alt="Dalcerides alba - side view, La Isla Escondida, Colombia https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70575/moth_052_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Dalcerides alba,Fall,Geotagged,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,World" /></a></figure> Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Dalcerides alba,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,World Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

    comments (5)

  1. Truly amazing and WEIRD! It looks like it should be living in the depths of the ocean! Posted 6 years ago
    1. Yes this is one of my favorites, the little ones are often so cool. Also one of the weirdest. Posted 6 years ago
  2. Um, wow! Looks like another Dalceridae? Maybe Dalcerides alba, or similar sp.? Posted 6 years ago
    1. Wow:
      https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I_CAM53272&res=640

      Thank you, Christine!
      Posted 6 years ago
      1. You're welcome :) Posted 6 years ago

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''Dalcerides alba'' is a moth in the Dalceridae family. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical dry, tropical lower montane wet or moist, tropical premontane wet, tropical premontane moist, subtropical wet and subtropical moist forests.

The length of the forewings is 9–11 mm for males and 13–16 mm for females... more

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Dec 9, 2018. Captured Oct 18, 2018 19:58.
  • NIKON D850
  • f/20.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm