Glena unipennaria, La Isla Escondida, Colombia

And finally, this concludes moth night 1 :)

comments (8)

Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Glena bipennaria? Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  You just beat me to it, yet I have a slightly different candidate:
  https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreaskay/11076852726/in/album-72157629662947575/
  
  I honestly can't tell the difference between both candidates. The only difference I see is that the "zigzag" pattern in the middle of the wings is more explicit in "Glena unipennaria".
  
  What do you think? Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    Wow! They are almost indistinguishable :/ Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      Both are so similar! I literally just counted dots and both have similarities and differences. The distribution of Glena unipennaria is closer to Colombia though...if that matters. Maybe the answer is in the species names - uni vs bi "pennaria". Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
        
        Lion
        
        One of them means "one feather." The other means "two feathers." So this is referring to the feathering of the antennae I think? Posted 6 years ago
      2. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        hmmm, interesting. I had in the meanwhile settled on unipennaria as a slightly more likely match, let me know if that is wrong. Posted 6 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        I agree with that choice. Posted 6 years ago
        
        Flown Kimmerling
        
        Lion
        
        It looks good to me! Let us know if you find out anything different! Posted 6 years ago