Bellatrix Prominent (Crinodes bellatrix (Cramer-Stoll, 1781))
Scientific name: Crinodes bellatrix (Cramer-Stoll, 1781)
Common name: Bellatrix Prominent
French name:
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Heterocera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dudusiinae
Wingspan: About 95 mm.
Biotope: Tropical rain forest.
Geographic area: Ecuador, Brazil, French Guiana, Peru.
Flight time: All year round.
Number of generations :
Caterpillar:
Host plant:
Crinodes bellatrix holds its head and its legs retracted under its fore wings when landed.
The thorax and the base of the fore wings are dark reddish brown and marked with small light-coloured spots. There is a prominent tuft of hairs on the upper side.
The remaining parts of the fore wings are a paler brown colour with a dark mark extending from the basal area along the costal edge and ending with a spearhead-shaped spot in the centre of the wing.
The hind wings are greyish brown.
The colours and the shape of Crinodes bellatrix make it resemble to a large seed fallen from a plant.

Bellatrix Prominent (Crinodes bellatrix) - French Guiana, France - March 15th 2012
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Bellatrix Prominent (Crinodes bellatrix)
I have shot this picture at Roura, at Camps Patawa, during a light trap night session.
Upper side view.


Bellatrix Prominent (Crinodes bellatrix) - French Guiana, France - March 15th 2012
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Bellatrix Prominent (Crinodes bellatrix)
Side view.

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