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 Toulgoėt 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 Toulgoėt 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 Toulgoėt 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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