Paranerita kotonulki Grados, 2018

DISCOVERED BY MARCI KOTOLNUK - "Paranerita kotonulki"

STORY

Marci Koltonuk, visited our lodge though the travel agency South American Travel coming from the US she visited us from April 29 to May 2, 2016, her guide was Angel David Maytahuari who accommodated her with the leader of Wired Amazon: Daniel Couceiro. When Marci had to name the new species she discovered, she decided to honor her family, hence the name Paranerita kotonulki. Thanks Marci to make science happen in the Peruvian Amazon.

SPECIMEN DETAILS

Sex: Male

Reproduction: Sexual

Life Stage: Adult

Wingspan : 26mm

length :11mm

COLLECTION DETAILS

Collectors: Marci Kotolnuk

Habitat: Lowland rainforest

Sampling Protocol: Light trap

Elevation: 225 m

GEOGRAPHY

Country: Peru

Province/State: Madre de Dios

Region/County: Tambopata

Sector: Condenado

Exact Site: Albergue Refugio Amazonas

Lat/Lon: -12.875, -69.4097

TAXONOMY

Identifier Juan Grados

Identification Method: Morphology

Identifier Institution: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Genus: Paranerita

Species: Paranerita kotonulki