DISCOVERED BY WENDY & JOSHUA VILLANUEVA - "Watsonidia fulgida"
STORY
Wendy and Joshua Villanueva were the discoverers of this new species for science named Watsonidia fulgida. They found the Rainforest Expeditions through the website and when they were in Refugio Amazonas it was their guide Saul Cusihuallpa who encouraged them to make the activity with the biologists of Wired Amazon. Wendy and Joshua, these two Peruvian friends, visited us from July 14 to 17 and on July 15 they were lucky enough to discover this new species. Thanks, Wendy and Joshua.
SPECIMEN DETAILS
- Sex: Female
- Reproduction: Sexual
- Life Stage: Adult
- Wingspan 32mm
- Length 14mm
COLLECTION DETAILS
- Collectors: Wendy and Joshua Villanueva
- 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: Watsonidia
- Species: Watsonidia fulgida
