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Syntrichura sp., Yunguillo, Colombia
I'm a bit puzzled by this insect. It has the superficial appearance of a clearwing butterfly, perhaps a Glasswing tiger. Yet its antennae are feathered, which suggests a moth. There's many moths mimicking butterflies, so I'd lean in that direction. However, it seems to have a thin waist unlike a butterfly or moth. I feel like I'm overlooking something directly in front of me.
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By Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Feb 4, 2019. Captured Oct 23, 2018 08:46.
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If it would be a hymenopteran, this would be a pretty epic mimic! Posted 6 years ago
This insect doesn't have furry moth legs either.
Sorry, I'm just thinking out loud here... Posted 6 years ago
Probably correct but I still have this open question about the tiny waist. Arctiinae has species with narrow bodies but I'm not specifically seeing a tiny waist relative to a broad thorax and abdomen. The examples have a uniformly wide or thin body, not this hour glass figure.
Posted 6 years ago
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19731683
Looks like there are examples with wasp-like waists, so this looks to be a clearwing moth like you already suggested :) Posted 6 years ago
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcampis/43411113434/ Posted 6 years ago
"De wespvlinders (Sesiidae) zijn een familie van vlinders in de superfamilie Cossoidea"
....The waspBUTTERFLIES are a family of BUTTERFLIES....
Posted 6 years ago
Here are some genera to consider:
Dinia sp. - some have the thickness mid-antennae
Trichura sp.- some have thin-ish waists
Clystea sp. - my least fave guess
And, I wonder if the waist is as thin as it seems - it looks like the edges are white, which would add a bit of thickness. Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
That observation from Peru looks 100% identical, so the genus must match for sure.
Syntrichura reba seems like a really good candidate. Body type and color seem to match, even though I can only find 2 photos online (one of which has red highlights).
Syntrichura brodea doesn't give me back any photos, just drawings and a link back to our discussion here lol.
Quite tempted at Syntrichura reba, interestingly Wikipedia describes the genus as quite small, yet doesn't include both species you suggested, it must be lagging behind quite a bit. It's good though that the genus is not big.
Posted 6 years ago