Unk. Arctiidae @ Falcon SP, Starr Co., RGV, Texas

[Doug Yanega]

Offhand, I'd say that's a Phoenicoprocta rather than a Cosmosoma. For 
something that's likely to be a stray (any hurricanes pass by that 
area recently?), it's in remarkably pristine condition, too. Too bad 
no one has yet reprinted Seitz' New World volumes - that's how I used 
to look up tropical Arctiids (when I worked at one of the only 
universities in the country that had a copy in their regular stacks 
instead of under lock and key). Beautiful photo - it should be put on 
the Wikimedia commons so it can be used in Wikipedia.

Peace,
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Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314        skype: dyanega
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