There are certainly lots of rare bug and lep records from Tamaulipas,
Mexico. Here's a specimen of a tiger moth that apparently falls into
that category. It was collected by Jesús García Jiménez, a biologist
at the Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria. Texas Lepidoptera
Survey provided the determination. Thanks all!
Vulcan Tiger Moth
Eurata vulcanus (Walker, 1854)
Tiger Moth Family Arctiidae
http://www.texasento.net/vulcanus.htm
MEXICO: Tamaulipas,
Rancho El Cielo, Gómez Farías,
4-X-1986 (Jesús García Jiménez)
I don't find it listed in Biologia Centrali-Americana, Catalogue of
the Neotropical Tiger-moths, or in any of the following database,
search options:
* Butterflies & Moths of Guanacaste, Costa Rica - Janzen and Hallwachs
* Season Summary - Lepidopterists' Society
* All-Leps:: Barcode of Life
* Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society
* Lepidoptera - Markku Savela
Mike Quinn, Austin
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