DISCOVERED BY THE PIPKINS FAMILY - "Symphlebia pipkinsorum"
STORY
This was exciting news for the Pipkins Family. A very educational and entertaining experience for the whole family that even one of the kids expressed interest in either being a wildlife biologist or an entomologist as a career. After lots of discussion with both kids, they decided to honor their family name with Symphlebia pipkinsorum.
SPECIMEN DETAILS
- Sex: Male
- Reproduction: Sexual
- Life Stage: Adult
- Wingspan 40mm
- Length 18mm
COLLECTION DETAILS
- Collectors: Pipkins Family
- 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: Symphlebia
- Species: Symphlebia pipkinsorum
