Alheita pulla, La Isla Escondida, Colombia

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Christine Young

Lion

The shape makes me think of Lacosoma sp., but I'm not sure. Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  That looks right to me!
  https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreaskay/38578585201 Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Great! Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      It looks like the reference changed since we last discussed it. It's now identified there as "Alheita anoca". Looking at more photos of that species, the shape matches. I'm not sure about the black dots and stripes on my photo though, not seeing that on the other photos. Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Interesting about the name change! I'm not convinced either. Although, it could be sexually dimorphic. Here's one with dots:
        https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcahurel-entomologie.com%2Fgs%2Fdata%2Fuploads%2Fmimallonidae%2Falheite_anoca_gf.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcahurel-entomologie.com%2Fgs%2Findex.php%3Fid%3Dmimallonidae&docid=pBK0K-x1-GwFIM&tbnid=toMgyRWexmxEuM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwi07ab65Z_gAhWB3oMKHQ6aAY8QMwhkKBcwFw..i&w=714&h=600&safe=active&bih=853&biw=1745&q=Alheita&ved=0ahUKEwi07ab65Z_gAhWB3oMKHQ6aAY8QMwhkKBcwFw&iact=mrc&uact=8 Posted 6 years ago
      2. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Tempting.... Posted 6 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Isn't it? Not quite though. Posted 6 years ago

rstlaurent

Green Fly

This is definitely an Alheita species, hard to say which but probably near A. pulla Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  Welcome to JungleDragon and thanks so much for this vital clue. I looked at a few reference images of A. pulla and it looks very convincing, so I've now set the species ID tentatively as such.
  
  Should you be interested in others not yet identified, note that I'm managing a separate list that only has the moths not yet identified. Not yet identified in this case means not identified to the species level. Here's the list:
  
  Moths of Colombia - 2018 [unidentified]
  Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago