Athis rutila is a moth

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 Brazil

Brazil

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 (Upper Amazonas), Venezuela

Venezuela

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, French Guiana

French Guiana

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 and Peru

Peru

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The length of the forewings is about 58 mm. The forewings are brownish-orange, but slightly darker at the base. There is a dark, rounded spot on the apex of the discal cell and toward the costal margin. Two dark spots are found sub apically. The hindwing are brownish-orange, but yellowish along the costal and the anal margins. There is a dark extradiscal spot band. Between this and the lateral margin, there are orange spots. This lateral margin is dark and ends with a fringe of orange scales.

The larvae feed on epiphytic Bromelia

Bromelia

Bromelia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. Bromelia species are characterized by flowers with a deeply cleft calyx. The genus is named after the Swedish medical doctor and botanist Olaf Bromelius .-Species:* Bromelia agavifolia Brongniart ex Houllet*...

species.

Subspecies

• Athis rutila rutila (Upper Amazonas)
• Athis rutila rutiloides (Houlbert, 1918) (Peru)