Dominican republic - Moth ID

[Doug Yanega]

>Can anyone identify this moth found by someone from England in Dominicamn
>republic on 2nd April

Looks like a Pericopine Arctiid, probably a Composia species (I don't know
if C. fidelissima occurs in the D.R., but that's what it looks like to me).
Incidentally, it would've been better if you could've put it on a website
and told us to go there, rather than mailing it to everyone - that's how
trojan computer viruses get spread.

Peace,


Doug Yanega       Dept. of Entomology           Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
phone: (909) 787-4315
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