Melanchroia aterea
This photograph corresponds to a record of Melanchroia aterea made in Parque municipal y reserva forestal "el Aromito" (-30.9866186636 -57.9125189781), Federación, Entre Ríos, Argentina on 22/05/2008. The photograph was published by Carlos M. Grassini and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
Author's comments:
Libando en flores de camboatá (Cupania vernalis). Una de las pocas sobrevivientes a la sequía por quemas de ese año (soja y más) y al abuso de insecticidas en las quintas.
Pese al sol prefería los lugares con flores a la sombra, no es una mariposa "diurna" evidentemente.
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Scientific name: | Melanchroia aterea |
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| Sex: | Female |
| Life stage: | Adult |
| Registration date: | 22/05/2008 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Province / Department: | Entre Ríos |
| Location or protected area: | Federación |
| Detailed location: | Parque municipal y reserva forestal "el Aromito" (-30.9866186636 -57.9125189781) |
| Coordinates - Detailed location: | -30.986367, -57.912166 |
| Altitude - Detailed location: | 42 m a.s.l. |
| Location accuracy: | Medium |
| Belonging: | Native |
| Condition: | Wild |
| Certainty: | Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | No |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | |
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| Photography ID: | 27041 View Full Record |
| Manufacturer: | Panasonic |
| Camera model: | DMC-TZ3 |
| Shutter speed: | 10/300 |
| Aperture: | 3.3 |
| ISO Sensitivity: | 200 |
| Focal length: | 5mm |
| Creation date: | 2008:05:22 17:07:43 |
| Using Flash: | No |
| Publication date: | 09/26/2013 16:32:31 |
