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Rhodorhipha dalyi Grados 2022

DISCOVERED BY THE AARON DALY - "Rhodorhipha dalyi"

STORY

This was exciting news for Aaron Daly: "One of the best experiences and the best destination they visited in Peru."

When a guest arrives at Refugio Amazonas, the expedition goes beyond a touristic activity through citizen science, where travelers actively participate with researchers and take samples to discover new species and thus catalog the biodiversity of the Peruvian Amazon.

SPECIMEN DETAILS

  • Sex: Male
  • Reproduction: Sexual
  • Life Stage: Adult
  • Wingspan 48 mm
  • Length 18mm

in partnership with Peru Natural History MuseumCOLLECTION DETAILS

  • Collectors: Aaron Daly
  • 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: Rhodorhipha
  • Species: Rhodorhipha dalyi

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