Athis flavimaculata
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Athis flavimaculata is a moth
in the Castniidae
family. It is found in Costa Rica
and Mexico
(Morelos and Guerrero).
The length of the forewings is 40-53 mm for males and 56-65 mm for females. The upperside, head and thorax are brown and the abdomen fulvous. The underside of the head, palpi, thorax and abdomen is pale yellow on the inner margins. The forewings are reddish-tan with warm brown markings on the upperside. The upperside of the hindwings is bright orange with a yellow extradiscal spotband. The underside of the forewings is warm brown half way up the costa, but shading to yellow toward apex. The margin is reddish-tan. The underside of the hindwings is pale orange with golden orange along the anal margin and reddish-brown halfway along the costa shading to tanish-white along the remainder of the costa and margin. The head, thorax and abdomen of the females are slightly darker than in the males. The ground colour is yellowish-tan with dark brown markings as in male, but darker and more extensive.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the Castniidae
Castniidae
Castniidae, or castniid moths, is a small family of moths with less than 200 species: The majority are Neotropical with some in Australia and a few in south-east Asia. These are medium-sized to very large moths, usually with drab, cryptically-marked forewings and brightly coloured hindwings. They...
family. It is found in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
and Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
(Morelos and Guerrero).
The length of the forewings is 40-53 mm for males and 56-65 mm for females. The upperside, head and thorax are brown and the abdomen fulvous. The underside of the head, palpi, thorax and abdomen is pale yellow on the inner margins. The forewings are reddish-tan with warm brown markings on the upperside. The upperside of the hindwings is bright orange with a yellow extradiscal spotband. The underside of the forewings is warm brown half way up the costa, but shading to yellow toward apex. The margin is reddish-tan. The underside of the hindwings is pale orange with golden orange along the anal margin and reddish-brown halfway along the costa shading to tanish-white along the remainder of the costa and margin. The head, thorax and abdomen of the females are slightly darker than in the males. The ground colour is yellowish-tan with dark brown markings as in male, but darker and more extensive.