Spotting

thank you bayucca..

thank you bayucca..

thank you bayucca..

I just can tell you in the meanwhile: This is a tough one!! Looking through the literature, I am getting sceptic about Amata sp.. I want to encourage you not to be fixed too much on Amata sp., but also looking for other genus. Possible candidates might be Ceryx sp. and Eressa sp. But until now I did not find a reasonable match. I will keep an eye on this one...

Thanks for all comments. I really appreciate :-)

I have a spotting of Amata nigriceps. I hope it will help in the ID process: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/129...

I thought I saw a grey-white antenna tip on the left antenna, but it's hard to tell over the grey background. Of course, now I see I got the color of the wing spots completely wrong. Too quick to hit the send button. :(

@Donna: I noticed that as well. Could be important or might be an artefact? Not all stripes have the same "size" as you see it usually in Amata sp.

How about the gap between the stripes on the lower abdomen? Is that significant? I have been fascinated with Wasp Moths since seeing my first Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth (Cosmosoma myrodora) nearly 10 years ago. We also have the oleander (Syntomeida epilais) wasp moth in Florida. They are so colorful.

Unfortunately not Nigriceps either. The part behind the head is different. And these 2 little yellow spots look like being important. In my eyes, the antennae tips might be some kind of greyish (see left antennae).

I can't really tell if the tips of the antenna are white. If not, perhaps it is Amata nigriceps. See here: http://www.fobi.web.id/fbi/v/lepido/f-ar...

I agree, it is probably an Amata sp., but personally I don't think it is Amata huebneri, the spots are different. Amata sp. is probably the most mis-ID genus on the web, so it is difficult to find the correct species.

we call them Handmaidens family Ctenuchinae (subfamily of Arctiidae), would agree with genus Amata

Beautiful moth. See also: http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20ord...