Moths of Peru by Jim Vargo
All photographs © 2010 by Jim Vargo
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All proposed identifications should be treated as preliminary and tentative.
Data shown: Locality, Department, Elevation (meters), Month/Day, Wingspan in millimeters as spread
ID Help: JC = John S Christensen, KLK = Kevin Liam Keegan, LG = Loran Gibson, RH = Rich Hoyer, SN = Steve Nanz
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Noctuoidea: Erebidae; Arctiinae
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Provisional identifications by Don Harvey, USNM. Nomenclature of arctiines and pericopines follows Watson and Goodger (1986) – some generic combinations may have changed since then. Arrangement below is alphabetic by tribe, genus and species.
Additional identifications offered by: Benoit Vincent and Michel Laguerre
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Noctuoidea: Erebidae; Arctiinae - Arctiini
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JVPA20 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/18 - 36mm
Aemilia crassa (Walker, [1865])
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JVPA15 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 80mm
Amastus sp. (ID in genus requires dissection)
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JVPA16 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 73mm
Amastus sp., poss. A. aloniae Schaus, 1933
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JVPA59 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/21 - 33mm
Amaxia sp. nr. kennedyi (Rothschild, 1909)
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JVPA55 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/20 - 41mm
Bertholdia sp.
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JVPA64 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/21 - 42mm
Bertholdia sp., prob. grisescens Rothschild
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JVPA34 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/22 - 39mm
Chlorhoda thoracica Rothschild,1910 
BV: Chloroda albolimbata Toulgoët 1985
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JVPA25 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/23 - 35mm
Chlorhoda thoracica Rothschild,1910 
BV: Chloroda superba Toulgoët 1985
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JVPA62 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/21 - 44mm
Cratoplastis diluta Felder, 1874
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JVPA47 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 40mm
Elysius lavinia Druce, 1906
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JVPA14 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 60mm
Elysius ochrota Hampson, 1901
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JVPA40 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/22 - 48mm
Elysius terra Druce, 1906
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JVPA71 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/20 - 65mm
BV: Elysius hampsoni Rothschild 1907
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JVPA27 - [click to identify by email]
Amazon Lodge, M. de Dios, 2950m, 10/27 - 40mm
Ernassa sp. (at least 12 undescribed species)
ID by genitalia only, Harvey unpublished
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JVPA24 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/23 - 50mm
Gorgonidia garleppi (Druce, 1898)
poss. subsp. inversa (Rothschild, 1909)
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JVPA05 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 42mm
Halysidota roseofasciata (Druce, 1906)
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JVPA73 - [click to identify by email]
Amazon Lodge, M. de Dios, 491m, 10/26 - 38mm
ML: Episcepsis cf. demonis (Druce, 1896).
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JVPA18 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 57mm
BH: Amastus rubridorsata Dognin, 1912
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JVPA21 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/18 - 51mm
BV: Praeamastus minerva watkinsi (Roths., 1916)
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JVPA52 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/18 - 60mm
BV: Amastus fallax Toulgoët 1981
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JVPA11 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 47mm
ML: Noctuidae
RH: Gaujonia nr. renifera
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JVPA48 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 43mm
Hypercompe pratincola Seitz
(matches specimens from Bolivia)
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JVPA57 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/21 - 32mm
ML: Epimolis sp.
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JVPA33 - [click to identify by email]
Amazon Lodge, M. de Dios, 491m, 10/27 - 28mm
Idalus sp., herois group
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JVPA23 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/23 - 43mm
Idalus sp., herois group
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JVPA38 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/22 - 35mm
ML: Idalus lineosus Walker, 1869
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JVPA29 - [click to identify by email]
Amazon Lodge, M. de Dios, 491m, 10/27 - 35mm
Leucanopsis aff. oruboides (Rothschild, 1909)
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JVPA36 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/22 - 42mm
BV: Lophocampa cf distincta (Rothschild, 1909)
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JVPA35 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/22 - 32mm
BV: Melese peruviana Rothschild 1909
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JVPA66 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/21 - 40mm
BV: Melese signata Joicey & Talbot, 1916
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JVPA72 - [click to identify by email]
Amazon Lodge, M. de Dios, 491m, 10/26 - 37mm
Neritos sp., sorex species group
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JVPA06 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 43mm
Onythes sp., prob. pallidacosta (Walker, 1855)
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JVPA69 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/21 - 38mm
Ormetica ameoides (Butler, 1876)
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JVPA60 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/21 - 50mm
Pachydota nervosa (Felder, 1874)
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JVPA04 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 50mm
Pachydota striata (Dognin, 1893)
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JVPA45 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/23 - 47mm
Pachydota sp., poss. affinis Rothschild, 1909
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JVPA44 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/19 - 27mm
Paleomolis purpurascens Hampson, 1909
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JVPA17 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/21 - 24mm
Pseudalus sp. prob. leos occidentalis Roths. 1909
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JVPA74 - [click to identify by email]
Amazon Lodge, M. de Dios, 491m, 10/28 - 58mm
Pseudapistosia similis (Hampson, 1901)
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Noctuoidea: Erebidae; Arctiinae - Ctenuchiini
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JVPA56 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/20 - 41mm
Cosmosoma sp., prob. brincleyi Rothschild
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JVPA32 - [click to identify by email]
Amazon Lodge, M. de Dios, 491m, 10/27 - 38mm
Episcepsis capysca Schaus
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JVPA13 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 45mm
Eucereon confinis H.-S.
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JVPA19 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 43mm
Eucereon myrtusa Druce, 1884
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JVPA46 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/23 - 35mm
Eucereon ockendeni Druce, 1906
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JVPA22 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/23 - 40mm
Eucereon sp. nr. tarona (Walker, 1855)
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JVPA42 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/23 - 34mm
Rhynchopyga bifasciata Draudt
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JVPA67 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/21 - 47mm
Sarosa xanthobasis Druce
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JVPA37 - [click to identify by email]
San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/22 - 35mm
ML: Sarosa flavicostalis (Rothschild, 1911)
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Noctuoidea: Erebidae; Arctiinae - Lithosiini
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Noctuoidea: Erebidae; Arctiinae - Pericopiini
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JVPA51 - [click to identify by email]
Buenas Aires, Cuzco, 2410m, 10/20 - 45mm
Crocomela aff. flammifera (Warren, 1904)
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JVPA07f - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 65mm
Dysschema imitata (Druce, 1910)
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JVPA07m - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/30 - 55mm
Dysschema imitata (Druce, 1910)
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JVPA39: San Pedro, Cuzco, 1375m, 10/22 - 62mm
Dysschema mosera (Druce, 1907)
or moseroides (Hering, 1925)(Druce, 1907)
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JVPA54 - [click to identify by email]
Amazon Lodge, M. de Dios, 491m, 10/27 - 68mm
Hypocrita plagifera (Hering, 1925)
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JVPA50 - [click to identify by email]
Quitocalzon, Cuzco, 1050m, 10/24 - 57mm
BV: Hypocrita chalybea (Hering, 1925)
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Unassigned Arctiinae
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JVPA75 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/18 - 28mm
ML: Agylla near umbrifera Felder
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JVPA76 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/19 - 32mm
BV: Epimolis h. haemasticta (Dognin, 1906)
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JVPA77 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/19 - 72mm
BV: Amastus coccinator Schaus, 1901
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Unrecognized
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Other Groups
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JVPA78 - [click to identify by email]
Amazon Lodge, M. de Dios, 491m, 10/27 - 25mm
ML: Lithosiinae: Cloesia sp.
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JVPA08 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/19 - 32mm
ML: Chrysochlorosia callistia Hampson, 1900
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JVPA09 - [click to identify by email]
Waykecha, Cuzco, 2950m, 10/19 - 27mm
DH: Polypoetes corneola Miller, 2009
(a dioptine notodontid)
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May 2012 Additions
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