Santa Rita Arriba
Santa Rita Arriba is a town in the Colón province of Panama. This locality has a particular tropical forest and mountainous ecosystem; with elevation of 200 m above sea level. It is near the Panama Canal lakes and the Trinidad River. The area holds an important diversity of insects, and as a result, recently has been described a new rare moth of the genus Pavolechia.
Santa Rita Arriba | |
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  Santa Rita Arriba | |
| Coordinates: 9°20′24″N 79°46′48″W | |
| Country | Panama |
| Province | Colón |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 2 184 |
Sources
- World Gazetteer: Panama – World-Gazetteer.com
- Heppner, J.B. and Corro-Chang, P. 2017. Panama moth notes, The Neotropical Genus Pavolechia (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Anacampsinae). Lepidoptera Novae, 10(1-2): 67–70.
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