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Telchin licus (Drury, 1773)
Sun moth
FMNHINS 0000 041 454 · gbif-1142375573
- Classification
- Lepidoptera › Castniidae › Castnia
- Collected
- 1961-09-10
- Collector
- B. Malkin
- Region
- Ucayali, Peru
- Elevation
- Not recorded
- Sex / stage
- Male · Adult
- Dataset
- Field Museum Insect Collection (GBIF)
- License
- CC0 1.0
Locality
Original label text
Colonia Callería, Río Callería 20 km from Ucayali
AI-recommended
Colonia Callería, Río Callería 20 km from Ucayali, Ucayali, Peru
Curator-approved
Pending review
Collection event
- Method (original)
- “Armadilha luminosa”
- Method (AI-normalised)
- Artificial light attraction90%
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Label transcription
- Not recorded
Field notes & curator annotations
- Collected along trail transect; habitat primary forest.
Digitization & audit history
- imaged · 2026-10-20 · Collections database
Provenance
Retrieved 2026-10-20 via GBIF Occurrence API, GBIF occurrence 1142375573, occurrenceID 4abd64f4-fca8-47f4-a84b-71e1d60fdb5c. Rights holder: The Field Museum of Natural History.
occurrenceID 4abd64f4-fca8-47f4-a84b-71e1d60fdb5c
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