Drugera arida (Schaus,1905)
Scientific name: Drugera arida (Schaus,1905)
Common name:
Other names: I have also found Meragisa arida whose description seems to match. However I have not seen it listed as a synonym.
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Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Heterocera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Heterocampinae
Wingspan: About 45 mm.
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Drugera arida has a hairy body and pale grey wings sprinkled with brownish.
The basal area of the fore wings is crossed by a broad russet stripe followed by a dark brown diffuse mark.
Then you can see a postmedial line and a submarginal line both made up of alignments of whitish dots hardly visible on the very light ground colour of the wings.

Drugera arida - French Guiana, France - March 15th 2012
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Drugera arida
I have shot this picture at Roura, at Camps Patawa, during a light trap night session.
There is a remaining doubt with Meragisa arida, in case this other scientific name applies to a different species.

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