DISCOVERED BY Andrew Skinner & Valerie Skinner - "Ernassa skinnerorum"

STORY

Skinnerorum is a noun in plural genitive, dedicated to Andrew Skinner y Valerie Skinner for being the first to collect specimens of the new species in the project Discovery new species in Tambopata.

SPECIMEN DETAILS

Sex: Male

Reproduction: Sexual

Life Stage: Adult

Wingspan: 26 mm

Length: 26 mm

COLLECTION DETAILS

Collectors: Andrew Skinner & Valerie Skinner

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

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: Ernassa

Species: Ernassa skinnerorum

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