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Family Pyralidae, Chrysauginae
Another exquisite dead leaf mimicking moth. This one mimics even the leaf's stem! Please, see photo #2.
Spotted on Feb 13, 2014
Submitted on Feb 13, 2014
8 Comments
Linda!
The appearance more closely resembles Pyralidae, Chrysauginae rather than Tortricidae to me.
I love your second picture :-)
Amazing bit of evolution.
Dave
Nice find Sergio!
Some sort of Tortrix moth perhaps?
Awesome cache Sérgio,fantastic shape,congrats and thanks for sharing
Amazing!