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 Ecuador moth 1 (Notodontidae or Lymantriidae)
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| Leif G |
Posted on 26-03-2011 19:05
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I photographed a few moths in Ecuador, October 2009, which I'm struggling to identify. Maybe this could be THE forum to post them for ID-help. This one were photographed at Bellavista Cloudforest Reserve around the lodge buildings and I have no idea which species they might be. Maybe impossible but I give it a try. If this is successfull I got more. Leif G attached the following image:  [89.17Kb] Edited by Leif G on 02-04-2011 10:11 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-03-2011 19:42
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
It looks like Lasiocampidae to me ... perhaps you could try some of the workers in French Guiana? They seem to have a few people working on Lepidoptera there but it is very far from Ecuador and I think you might be better contacting someone at a good national museum ... but they do not like to work with photographs usually 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 26-03-2011 20:37
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Or Lymantriidae. |
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| Leif G |
Posted on 27-03-2011 10:54
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Member Location: Posts: 263 Joined: 26.03.11 |
Thanks both of you. Yes, getting a good contact from some natural museum would be nice. But maybe not very possible. Maybe someday I'll find someone. In the meanwhile I'll post my unidentified moths here. I could be lucky on some of them. |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 02-04-2011 06:27
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
I would look for Notodontidae or maybe Lymantriidae. Does not look like Lasiocampidae at all.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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