Screwworm (Telchin atymnius)
This photograph corresponds to a record of Screwworm (Telchin atymnius) made in Cascada Las Golondrinas, Nueva Palestina, Municipio de Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico on 09/08/2014. The photograph was published by Saúl Sánchez Soto and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
Se identificó comparando la foto con ejemplares depositados en la colección entomológica del Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Tabasco, México, y consultando: (1) Boone et al. 2010. The Giant Butterfly-moths of the Field Museum of Natural History, with notes on the Herman Strecker collection (Lepidoptera: Castniidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 38(152):385-409. (2) González & Hernández-Baz. 2012. Polillas y taladradores gigantes de la familia Castniidae (Lepidoptera) de Guatemala. 145-153
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia | |
| Phylum / Division: | Arthropoda | |
| Class: | Insecta | |
| Order: | Lepidoptera | |
| Family: | Castniidae | |
| Scientific name: | Telchin atymnius | |
| English Name: | Screwworm | |
| Spanish Name: | Gusano Barrenador | |
| Portuguese Name: | ||
| Sex: | Indistinguishable | |
| Life stage: | Adult | |
| Registration date: | 09/08/2014 | |
| Country: | Mexico | |
| Province / Department: | Chiapas | |
| Location or protected area: | Nueva Palestina, Municipio de Ocosingo | |
| Detailed location: | Cascada Las Golondrinas | |
| Exact coordinates: | 16.836466, -91.262120 | |
| Location accuracy: | High | |
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| Belonging: | Not listed | |
| Condition: | Not listed | |
| Certainty: | Photographed | |
| Reproduction information: | No | |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
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| Photography ID: | 336579 View Full Record | |
| Manufacturer: | Canon | |
| Camera model: | Canon PowerShot SX50 HS | |
| Shutter speed: | 1/800 | |
| Aperture: | 5.6 | |
| ISO Sensitivity: | 400 | |
| Focal length: | 112mm | |
| Creation date: | 2014:08:09 13:30:13 | |
| Using Flash: | No | |
| Publication date: | 06/12/2019 22:28:32 | |
