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Handmaiden Moth

Amata cyssea

2 Species ID Suggestions

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago
Wasp moth
Syntomoides imaon Wasp moth | Project Noah
bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Handmaiden Moth
Amata cyssea Moth | Project Noah


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10 Comments

Subin S
Subin S 10 years ago

Bayucca and Dave Really appreciated.Thank you Guys.name changed

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

OK, I am happy for any little light we got for these Amata sp. ;-)

folicallychalled
folicallychalled 10 years ago

Ha! - along side or next to, agreeing.

Sorry for the confusion :)

Dave

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

What do you mean by "against" cyssea??

folicallychalled
folicallychalled 10 years ago

I have got this link against cyssea in my records, the same website: http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayi... I must have found it after my last post.

Amata needs a dedicated website, like Delias has.

Dave

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

I am pretty sure this is Amata cyssea.
Here are some more pictures. Please, read the whole comments, you will find there a lot of trustable IDs. I was just wondering how many of them I IDed myself, so it is always tricky to ID something based on a ID you did yourself ;-)..., specially when I once told I would not ID any Amata sp., since there were not many reliable ID around. In the meanwhile I am a little bit more confident...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/162...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/359...
http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayi...
ID by Peter Smetacek!
Syntomoides imaon looks like this (trustable ID by John Horstman, also on PN!): http://www.flickr.com/photos/itchydogima...

Subin S
Subin S 10 years ago

@ Adarsha and Dave # I think Dave is right.i'm not an expert though.please check the link http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/162...

folicallychalled
folicallychalled 10 years ago

I fail to see the similarity!

Dave

Subin S
Subin S 10 years ago

thanks Adarsha!!

folicallychalled
folicallychalled 10 years ago

There are an overwhelming number of images that match this to Amata cyssea. BUT, I cannot find a single reliable reference to confirm.

Dave

Subin S
Spotted by
Subin S

Kerala, India

Spotted on Jul 27, 2013
Submitted on Jul 27, 2013

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