
''Edebessa bicolor'' is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1883. It is found in Suriname and French Guiana.
The wingspan is about 57 mm. The wings are black with red markings. There is a large annular spot at the base of the forewings, from the subcostal to the submedian. There is also a quadrate spot from vein 3 to the costa, filled in with black, which is crossed by the discocellular. A red line runs from the outer costal angle of this.. more
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Uploaded Dec 9, 2018. Captured Oct 18, 2018 20:09 in Orito, Putumayo, Colombia.
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My first thoughts are either lymantriidae or lasiocampidae... Posted 2 months ago
As for saturniid kind of the same story and I think they are usually quite large?
I should perhaps have indicated its size in the first place :) I'd say top to bottom about 2-3cm, pretty small.
Such an explicit look yet so hard :) Posted 2 months ago
On the comments, post the picture followed by location found and, if possible, date. Any other details such as wingspan or size, or host plant or plant found will help. Cesar will try to identify it (can take from 2 to 3 days, never more). He is a friend of mine and owner of the site. I think he can understand English really well, if he can't call me up and I will translate it for you. Or you can write the whole text and show me or Christine and I will translate it to portuguese so you can post there and he understands better. I won't promise an ID since it is a moth, but I believe he can at least come to a discussion as to what he believes. Posted 2 months ago
Which has only 3 species. I checked reference photos of all three and most likely match seems to be Edebessa bicolor. Posted 2 months ago
https://www.flickr.com/photos/entomopixel/39507016982/in/photostream/
Unfortunately, there is no ID. But, he said he'd keep looking, which is very hopeful because if anyone can find an insect ID, it's Oscar! Posted 2 months ago
Interesting that the reference describes it as a large moth: it isn't. Posted 2 months ago