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Cyana adita
Glossy white moth, each wing with 4 black dots and 3 red dots on the head and two red bands across the waist. Length: 30mm.
Buddhist monastery surrounded by thick forest. Altitude about: 7 000ft.
When my daughter spotted a moth at the monastery, I suspected there should be more somewhere, so I climbed one more floor up, and there I spotted this beauty! Background is the red paint on the wall.
He sure knows also to merge with the red colour of the wall! Thanks Lauren.
Toshimi's Lichen moths're smaller, have a band at the wing frills, black dots're only three. Jatishwor's C. catorhoda also has a band at the frills and an extra band around the thorax; moreover its bands are muddy yellow, not red.
All bayucca's examples fit well. Therefore, let's go with bayucca.
Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini, Cyana sp. and most probably Cyana adita.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/87177626@N...
http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayi...
http://www.flutters.org/home/photogaller...
It could be that there are moths with and without the black spots, which might be female/male. I remember that difference from other Cyana.
Spotted on May 4, 2014
Submitted on May 4, 2014
