Chlorhoda albolimbata

Chlorhoda albolimbata, the flashing footman, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. The species was first described by Hervé de Toulgoët and David T. Goodger in 1985 and it is found in Peru.[1]

Flashing footman
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Chlorhoda
Species:
C. albolimbata
Binomial name
Chlorhoda albolimbata
Toulgoët & Goodger, 1985

If disturbed, adults flash open their wings, revealing their bright blood-red hindwings and abdomen, presumably to ward off predators.[2]

References
  1. Moths of Peru
  2. Moths of the Amazon and Andes


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