Photo #5046: Tachyphyle basiplaga

14.02.2011 17:01, Peter Khramov

"Uncertain".

13.02.2011 23:31, Dmitriy Pozhogin This species is identified correctly.

13.02.2011 22:22, Evgeny Komarov This species is identified correctly.

13.02.2011 20:47, Peter Khramov

Evgeny, species is not approved yet. Approve, please...

13.02.2011 20:37, Evgeny Komarov The species is added to the database/approved.

13.02.2011 20:37, Evgeny Komarov

Hm, ok, let's move to "uncertain" then!

13.02.2011 20:31, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Quote that website:
"DISTRIBUTION: C. & S. America.
TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil.
BELIZE RECORDS: Greenhills.
METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION: adult illustrated by Seitz (1925) plate 5, fig. d4.
NOTES: if Seitz’ identification is correct this seems a quite characteristic species."

13.02.2011 20:04, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Well, I digged that out somewhere in Belize: http://www.mbarnes.force9.co.uk/belizemoths/plate13x.htm.

13.02.2011 19:41, Evgeny Komarov

Vasily! If you google Tachyphyle basiplaga, images, you can see its expansion: Central America (not Guyana at all). And there is one more, even less similar, Costa Rica again! http://www.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrowser.php?taxid=280426. Link, please, what you used to identify!

13.02.2011 16:55, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Tachyphyle basiplaga, Walker 1861.