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Owlet moth

Spirama retorta




7 Comments

misako
misako a year ago

beautiful!

AkashSatpathy
AkashSatpathy a year ago

Sorry Argybee, I gt no more info :(

SanjaySaklani
SanjaySaklani a year ago

The Spirama Retorta is a dull colored (black and gray) medium-sized nocturnal moth in family Noctuidae (Owlet moths family). It has a total wingspan of 60-70mm. The overwhelming majority of noctuids fly at night and are almost invariably strongly attracted to light. The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga a year ago

could be Spirama helicina or S.retorta

Argy Bee
Argy Bee a year ago

Thanks Nuwan. That's something to read about.

Argy Bee
Argy Bee a year ago

Some kind of Owl moth? What is the local name?

India

Lat: 20.84, Long: 85.15

Spotted on Jan 20, 2011
Submitted on Jan 20, 2012

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