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
COLLECTION 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
