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Small moth about 20mm wingspan, which mimics the paired thorns of an Acacia tree. The hind wings are pressed against the substrate and the front wings tightly rolled when at rest.
Wooded grassland about 4000'ASL, Western Serengeti
Possibly one of the Epipleminae?
I scrolled thru all the Epiplema species in BOLD and there were some unidentified ones that came close. Guess I'll try to collect one, next time.
Thanks Bayucca for looking into this. I'm not sure about Epiplema, because my moth has forewings about 2x as long as hindwings, and in most Epiplema spp the ratio seems less extreme.
Uraniidae, Epipleminae, Epiplema sp., might be Epiplema inconspicua or similar. I don't know how variable these guys are...
http://www.ispot.org.za/sites/default/fi...
http://www.ispot.org.za/node/291465
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
... Or similar means this:
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
Spotted on Feb 22, 2009
Submitted on Nov 4, 2014
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