Hemeroblemma leontia.
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia november
30, 2018. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Mexican Witch, Hemeroblemma
mexicana (Guenée, 1852).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia d. 26
january 2020. Photographer; Nikolaj
Kleissl
Hemeroblemma opigena (Drury,
1773). Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia february
1, 2019. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Hemeroblemma opigena (Drury,
1773). Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia december
10, 2021. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Hemeroblemma opigena (Drury,
1773). Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia january 5,
2022. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
| Hemeroblemma
ochrolinea.
Hotel Esmeralda, Coroico 16° 11'28.89"S,
67° 43'26.98"W, |
| Elevation: 1800 m.
Yungas, Bolivia 20th
January 2007. Photographer: Lars
Andersen |
Letis occidua.
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia november
30, 2018. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Letis buteo (Guenée,
1852) male. Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia february
9, 2022. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
| Letis
mycerina. Hotel Esmeralda,
Coroico Elevation: 1800 m. Yungas,
Bolivia |
| 27th January 2014.
Photographer: Ole
Andersen |
| Letis
herilia. Coroico
Elevation: 1800 m. Yungas, Bolivia |
| 29th January 2014.
Photographer: Ole
Andersen |
Letis magna (Gmelin,
1790) male. Coroico 1800 m., Yungas, Bolivia february
1, 2014. Photographer: Ole
Andersen
Letis magna (Gmelin,
1790) female. Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia january
20, 2022. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Maybe a Letis
alauda (Guenée, 1852)?. Subfamily: Calpinae. Family:
Erebidae.
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia d. 20
december 2019. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
ID by André
Poremski
Maybe a Letis
scops (Guenée, 1852)?. Subfamily: Calpinae. Family:
Erebidae.
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia d. 20
december 2019. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
| Brown
Witch,
Ronania marmorides?
Coroico Elevation: 1800 m. Yungas,
Bolivia |
| 2th January 2005.
Photographer: Lars
Andersen |
| Owl
Moth, Thysania
zenobia. Coroico
Elevation: 1800 m. Yungas, Bolivia |
| 31th January 2014.
Photographer: Ole
Andersen |
| 17 august 2015; Hi dude. There
is a specimen in this page identified as Letis
buteo. It's actually a male Thysania
zenobia. Best regards, Cesar
Crash |
White Witch, Thysania
agrippina. Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia
26th january 2010.
Photographer; Lars Andersen
White Witch, Thysania
agrippina (Cramer, 1776) male. Family: Erebidae.
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia d. 25
february 2020. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
White Witch, Thysania
agrippina. Coroico, Yungas, Bolivia 9th
january 2005. Photographer; Lars
Andersen
| White Witch, Thysania
agrippina is a moth
species in the Erebidae family, Calpinae subfamily. The
species has numerous common names,
including: white
witch, birdwing
moth, ghost
moth, great
grey witch and great
owlet moth. It is the butterflies with
the biggest wingspan in the world, which
typically is reported as being up to 27–28 cm
(11–11 in) and one Brazilian
specimen had a wingspan of almost 32 cm
(12 in).
The Atlas
Moth, Attacus
atlas and Hercules
Moth, Coscinocera
hercules however,
have greater wing areas.
The White
Witch occurs
in Mexico, Central and South America, and
appears as a stray as far north as Texas,
USA.
The
species is generally widespread, but is
considered endangered in the state of
Rio
Grande do Sul,
Brazil, where it reaches the southern
limit of its distribution.
|
| White
Witch,
Thysania agrippina. Jatata inn Hotel.
Elevation: 600 m. Caranavi |
| Yungas,
Bolivia 12th January 2015. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann |
| After lots of rain came
two males Thysania
agreppina +24cm, to our 250w
mercury lamp in the garden. Is the
largest moth in the world in terms of
recorded wingspan about 32 to 33 cm.! |
White Witch, Thysania
agrippina. Coroico, Yungas, Bolivia 18th
january 2005. Photographer; Lars
Andersen
   
 
 
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Black
Witch, Ascalapha
odorata (Linnaeus, 1758) male. Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia february 5, 2018.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Black
Witch, Ascalapha
odorata female.
Coroico, Yungas, Bolivia 10th
january 2005.
Photographer; Lars
Andersen |
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Folklore
and mythology
In many cultures,
one of these "Black
Witches Moths"
flying into the house is considered bad
luck: e.g., in Mexico, when there is
sickness in a house and this moth enters,
it is believed the sick person will die,
though a variation on this theme (in the
lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas) is that
death only occurs if the moth flies in
and visits all four corners of one's
house.
In popular
culture
Pupae of the Black
Witch,
Ascalapha odorata
moth were
placed in the mouths of victims by serial
killer 'Buffalo Bill' in the novel The
Silence of the Lambs. In the movie
adaptation the moth was changed to a Death's-head
Hawkmoth.
Black Witch are
found in Denmark
d. 1 March 1931
Black Witch, Ascalapha
odorata is found in a spider's
web in a horse stable at a garden center
2 km north of Fåborg, Fyn, Denmark 1th
March 1931.
Perhaps this moth come with a ship that
carries corn, and so in a cornsack come
into the horse stable? Caterpillars feed
on Acacia.
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Black Witch, Ascalapha odorata
Found in Northern Ireland
d. 29 september 2017
Black Witch, Ascalapha
odorata female. Coroico, Yungas, Bolivia 15th
february 2012.
Photographer; Lars Andersen
Butterfly Conservation 29 sep.
2017; Well
Jonathan Hudson from Magherafelt,
Northern Ireland, Derry had quite the
surprise when this huge Black
Witch moth
turned up on the wall of his house this
week!
Native to Brazil and southern United
States, the Black Witch moth (Ascalapha
odorata)
is surrounded by folklore and myth.
Some believe the moth's presence
signifies misfortune while in other parts
of the world the exact opposite is
thought, claiming that if a 'Black
Witch' lands
above your door and stays there, you
could win the lottery!
We think the moth is absolutely beautiful
and certainly not something you are
likely to find in the UK with just one
other record, from 1899!
With recent Atlantic jetstreams, it is
possible the moth is a lost migrant or
accidental import/escapee. |
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Cumbre Mururata, Elevation 5843 m. View
from Hotel Esmeralda. Coroico, Yungas,
Bolivia 7th january 2005. Photographer; Lars
Andersen
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Walker's Moth, Sosxetra
grata.
Family Erebidae Subfamily
Calpinae. Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia february 2007. Photographer: Lars
Andersen
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White Witch, Erebidae from Bolivia
by
Lars Andersen
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