Evergreen geometer moth

Ornithospila bipunctata

Description:

A green Geometridae moth identified as Ornithospila bipunctata in http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geom... Wings and head are green, white antennae, legs and wings outline. Thin brown border before the white outline at the back edge of the wings. 4 brown dots on the furry wings, 2 wavy lines stretches across the back of the wings.

Habitat:

Kundasang highlands, Sabah, Malaysia.

Notes:

A beautiful green moth which is one of the many moths that are attracted to the night lights of Aristo inn. >>>Map accuracy : 50m diameter.

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20 Comments

ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Not very common here. During this 1 week trip in Kundasang, I could only spot about 5 individuals. At least it is more common here in the highlands than the lowlands. I am not sure how common they are in other parts of Malaysia.

Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Thats very nice of you...So its common in Malaysia i think..

ChunXingWong 11 years ago

I will try to take a photograph of it in it's natural habitat to show it camouflaging.
Thanks Adarsha.

Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Imagining how it can be differentiated in a complete green background :) Lovely spotting...

ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Thank you Smith'sZoo, you should also see Nuwan's collection and JuanCarlos's Mexican moths.
I believe each local spotters have their own amazing endemic moth collections from their area.

All these moth spottings in my page are spotted in Kundasang in 2009.
I have not finished uploading all the moths I have spotted during that trip on PN yet but I can give you a link to the page displaying icon photographs of all the insects I have discovered during that trip.

Here is it - http://www.wongfookyee.com/HTML/Shirley/...