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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.

 

 

Species page for Correbidia germana

Records from Isla Colon:

 

Record Locater #9383

Panama; B. del Toro; Isla Colon

lat 9.4070, long -82.3079; el 30m

13-16 Feb, 2013; 160w merc vapor lamp

pasture/primary rainforest; 8PM-5AM

Frederick C. Mosher

 

 

Field notes from Isla Colon:

 

This moth, and several similar-looking species illustrated in this gallery, are nearly always present at lights in various abundance. They all, to one degree ot another, appear to mimic beetles in the family Lycidae that are present on Isla Colon.

 

 

Identification source link:

 

http://www.boldsystems.org

To help with identification, email me at identification@panamainsects.org. Please include specimen locator number.

Moths; Erebidae; Arctiinae gallery 1

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