[1][2][3] In 2009, Kyrgyzstani zoologist Dr. Arthur Anker[4] photographed a moth in the Canaima National Park of the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela, and the photograph went "viral" on the internet,[5] including hoaxes claiming to be additional photos.

[6] Anker initially captioned his photo as "Poodle moth, Venezuela", and later added " (Artace sp, perhaps A.

[7] Dr. John E. Rawlins from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History concurred with Anker's suggestion of the genus Artace for the identification: Here’s my vote/guess to ID the poodle moth.

There are more than a dozen described South American species of Artace, but their delimitation, validity, and even their generic placement is uncertain.

It will take two things to solve this problem: a comprehensive revision of Artace and kin, plus an actual specimen of a genuine “Venezuelan poodle moth.”[5]This article on a moth of the family Lasiocampidae is a stub.