Fissured Bark

Morpheis pyracmon

"Morpheis pyracmon", the fissured bark, is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in Suriname, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. The habitat consists of cloudforests, where it is found at altitudes between 400 and 1,200 meters.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyCossidae
GenusMorpheis
SpeciesM. pyracmon
Photographed in
Colombia