Moths of the Andes - Rhynchopyga elongata

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Wasp-mimic Tiger

Rhynchopyga elongata DOGNIN, 1890

Family - ARCTIIDAE

subfamily - CTENUCHINAE

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introduction | habitats | lifecycle | adult behaviour

Rhynchopyga elongata, San Pedro, 1400m, Peru

Introduction

This tiny wasp-mimicking Arctiid was originally described by Dognin from a specimen from Ecuador but all the specimens in the British Natural History Museum originate from Peru.

The specimen illustrated above was attracted to fluorescent lighting at San Pedro, a village in the Peruvian Manu cloudforest, altitude circa 1400m.

Habitats

Found in cloudforest, but similar closely related species were also seen at an altitude of about 400m in Manu national park, in August 2008.

Lifecycle

To be completed.

Adult behaviour

This insect was attracted to fluorescent lighting, but I have seen other similar species ( probably from the same genus ) settled on foliage in full sunlight at lower altitudes.

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