Marci Koltonuk, visited our lodge though the travel agency South American Travel coming from the US she visited us from April 29 to May 2, 2016, her guide was Angel David Maytahuari who accommodated her with the leader of Wired Amazon: Daniel Couceiro. When Marci had to name the new species she discovered, she decided to honor her family, hence the name Paranerita kotonulki. Thanks Marci to make science happen in the Peruvian Amazon.
Sex: Male
Reproduction: Sexual
Life Stage: Adult
Wingspan : 26mm
length :11mm
Collectors: Marci Kotolnuk
Habitat: Lowland rainforest
Sampling Protocol: Light trap
Elevation: 225 m
Country: Peru
Province/State: Madre de Dios
Region/County: Tambopata
Sector: Condenado
Exact Site: Albergue Refugio Amazonas
Lat/Lon: -12.875, -69.4097
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: Paranerita
Species: Paranerita kotonulki
