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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 Pachylia syces

Records from Isla Colon:

 

Record locator # 9428

Panama; B. del Toro; Isla Colon

lat 9.4070, long -82.3079; el 30m

6-13 July, 2013; 160w merc vapor lamp

pasture/primary rainforest; 8PM-5AM

Frederick C. Mosher

 

Record locator # 10429

Panama; B. del Toro; Isla Colon

Lat 9.4070, Long -82.3079 [ITEC] el 10m

23-27 March 2014; moon new/waxing

160w MV light/sheet

Frederick C. Mosher

Field notes from Isla Colon:

 

This stocky, somber-colored moth is fairly common at lights on Isla Colon.

 

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

Moths; Sphingidae; Macroglossinae

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