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Post by wingedwishes on Jan 3, 2021 9:38:06 GMT -8
I’m being sent this moth from a butterfly bait trap. I’ve never seen a reddish white witch moth. Is this one?
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Post by wingedwishes on Jan 3, 2021 9:39:41 GMT -8
I will have to add the photo later. Can’t get it up from my phone
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Post by wingedwishes on Jan 3, 2021 11:07:02 GMT -8
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Post by wingedwishes on Jan 3, 2021 11:11:37 GMT -8
No red on the dorsal side
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Post by 58chevy on Jan 4, 2021 8:23:17 GMT -8
Looks like Thysania agrippina. Where was it collected? How big is the wingspan? The red is unusual.
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Post by wingedwishes on Jan 4, 2021 9:52:42 GMT -8
Green Hills Butterfly Ranch in Belize. Came to a bait trap over night last week. Also in the bait trap were Ascalapha odorata. This Thysania appears to be the size of a sheet of notebook paper. I cannot find any reference to one with this ruddy tint. I'm getting more exited to go to Belize in June! Robin Greaves (the ranch owner) said that his property has yet to be surveyed.....
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Post by wingedwishes on Jan 4, 2021 10:03:10 GMT -8
 From the same bait trap... |
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Post by wingedwishes on Jan 4, 2021 10:10:07 GMT -8
 I remember seeing one like this in Florida but never bothered to identify it. This one is also from Belize and looks about half the size of a letter envelope. |
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Post by Paul K on Jan 4, 2021 10:35:26 GMT -8
Looks like T.zenobia
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Post by wingedwishes on Jan 4, 2021 11:26:25 GMT -8
It sure appears like that to me. I'm not well versed in this group. Thanks! |
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Post by mothman27 on Jan 12, 2021 8:17:59 GMT -8
Here is a beautiful Thysania zenobia I pinned last week. Collected back in 1966!  |
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Post by 58chevy on Jan 12, 2021 9:03:12 GMT -8
I've been lucky enough to collect 3 T. zenobia over the years (2 females, 1 male). All were resting on concrete parking lots. They blended in very well & were hard to spot. They looked like bumps in the concrete. I often wonder how many times I walked past one and didn't notice it. I just purchased a bait trap and hope it attracts more of these rarities.
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Post by trehopr1 on Jan 12, 2021 10:36:23 GMT -8
Wonderful species indeed !
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Agrippina?
Jan 12, 2021 12:47:00 GMT -8
via mobile
Post by trehopr1 on Jan 12, 2021 12:47:00 GMT -8
58chevy, out of curiosity just how do you tell the males and females apart in the species?
Is there some obvious distinction in wing pattern or size? Are the bodies of the females larger?
Could we see a picture of your specimens? If you send them to me I can post them promptly.
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Post by 58chevy on Jan 13, 2021 11:43:47 GMT -8
Trehopr, the males have darker bands on the wings. The females are more monochromatic. Mothman27's specimen is a male. I'll email you a picture of both sexes side-by-side. You can post it if you'd like.
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