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These are butterflies in the family Hesperiidae that I have recorded on Isla Colon. Each specimen includes collecting data and observations I have made over years of visits to the island.
Specimen records and photographs
for researchers and educators
Species page for Adhemarius gannascus
Records from Isla Colon:
Record Locator #10429
Panama; B. del Toro; Isla Colon
lat 9.4070, long -82.3079; el 30m
27 June, 2014; 160w MV lamp
pasture/primary rainforest; 8PM-5AM
Frederick C. Mosher
Field notes from Isla Colon:
Adhemarius gannascus is one of the most widely distributed moths in the Americas. I have found the species once on Isla Colon, at a mercury vapor lamp set up near the entrance to a rainforest trail.
To help with identification, email me at identification@panamainsects.org. Please include specimen locator number.
Panama Insects Tropical Insects
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