Rank Species | Genus Oxytenis Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Oxyteninae, Butterflies and moths, Arsenura, Arsenura armida, Arsenurinae |
Oxytenis modestia, the Costa Rica leaf moth, dead-leaf moth or tropical American silkworm moth, is a species of moth in the Saturniidae family. It occurs from Guatemala to northern South America.
Methods Of Identification: adult illustrated in black and white by Scoble (1992) p. 356, fig. 300 and by Jordan (1924) pl. 7, fig. 8.
References
Oxytenis modestia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA