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Pink Gypsy Moth

Lymantria mathura subpallida Okano, 1960 Female

Description:

My 400th spotting to Project Noah. About 60 mm wingspan. Hindwing pinkish color.. Head have 4 dots. Lymantria mathura subpallida Okano, 1960 Tribe Lymantriini Subfamily Lymantriinae Family Erebidae

Notes:

Mendrelgang, Tsirang, Bhutan Tropical Broad leaved forest. 1400m MSL

9 Comments

Thanks KarenL and Jacob.

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Congrats Jatishwhor, your moth is featured in the project Noah blog - https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/pos...

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Pretty :)

Thanks to all and Nuwan for the ID.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Congratulations...!!!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow! Wonderful!!!

Thanks.

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Beautiful coloured moth :)
Congratulations...

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

congrats for 400#
great capture!
i also love to handle moth like this :)

Bhutan

Spotted on Aug 23, 2012
Submitted on Sep 25, 2012

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