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Artona (Balataea ) sp.
Spotted for National Moth Week 2015. About 12-16 mm in length.
Thanks to Psyche (Dr Seow) for the ID - http://www.butterflycircle.com/showthrea....
* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Arthropoda
* Class: Insecta
* Order: Lepidoptera
* Family: Zygaenidae
* Subfamily: Procridinae
* Genus: Artona
* Subgenus: Balataea
* Species: ???
Spotted on Jul 19, 2015
Submitted on Jul 20, 2015
6 Comments
Might be Artona hainana (complex)?
http://www.geocities.ws/pyralidaetw/R69-...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/466...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/paraggiri/...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/241...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/258...
I'm not so sure. It is very unusual. It has blue around its eyes. It is very different to pictures of similar moths on the internet.
I don't think it a new species. I see the pictures of this moth somewhere in the internet.
If it is a new species then you get the privilege of naming it.
I don't know. But, it is beautiful...
I think you may have discovered a new species.