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Moths of
the Andes : Peru
Blotched Beauty
Pantherodes
( ?
colubraria
GUENÉE, 1858
)
Family - GEOMETRIDAE
subfamily -
Tribe -
introduction
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habitats |
lifecycle |
adult behaviour
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Introduction
Photographed at San Pedro, Manu cloudforest, Peru. Altitude 1400m. Kindly
identified by Martin Honey as "a
species of Pantherodes
(Geometridae). There are a number of very similar looking species but this may
be colubraria
Guenée, 1858".
Wingspan circa 5cms.
Habitats
To be completed.
Lifecycle
To be completed.
Adult behaviour
Attracted to tungsten lighting.
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