Athis clitarcha
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Athis clitarcha is a moth
in the Castniidae
family. It is found in Panama
, Nicaragua
, Costa Rica
and Honduras
.
The length of the forewings is 51-55 mm for males and about 65 mm for females. The head, thorax and abdomen are brown on the upperside, but golden tawny below. The antennae are brown, but grey under the club. The forewings are warm brown with brown markings. The hindwings are orange with a black margin grading to yellow-orange at the tornus. The underside of the forewings is warm brown along the costa, at the apex and along the margin. The lower two-thirds of the cell to the tornus are golden orange and the rest of the wing is tawny yellow with similar markings as the upperside. The underside of the hindwing is pale yellow-orange with warm brown along the costa and the margin. The markings are the same as the upperide, except for a spotband and an isolated extradiscal spot which is rust to golden brown.
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 Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
, Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
, 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 Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
.
The length of the forewings is 51-55 mm for males and about 65 mm for females. The head, thorax and abdomen are brown on the upperside, but golden tawny below. The antennae are brown, but grey under the club. The forewings are warm brown with brown markings. The hindwings are orange with a black margin grading to yellow-orange at the tornus. The underside of the forewings is warm brown along the costa, at the apex and along the margin. The lower two-thirds of the cell to the tornus are golden orange and the rest of the wing is tawny yellow with similar markings as the upperside. The underside of the hindwing is pale yellow-orange with warm brown along the costa and the margin. The markings are the same as the upperide, except for a spotband and an isolated extradiscal spot which is rust to golden brown.