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Little Brown Moth

Holocraspedon vaneeckei

Description:

A small brown-colored Erebid moth resting on the wall. It's small size and dull colors makes it receive less attention from photographers, explaining why there is almost no photo of this species in the Internet.

Habitat:

Rainforest of Tawau Hills Park, Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Currently can be found in Sumatra and Borneo only.

Notes:

>>>Map accuracy: 10m. Special thanks to Roger Kendrick for the ID suggestion.

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5 Comments

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 6 years ago

Thanks!

Roger Kendrick
Roger Kendrick 6 years ago

agree with H. vaneeckei; though only after checking the print version of Moths of Borneo !

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 6 years ago

What do you think about Holocraspedon vaneeckei?
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-7/eugo...

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 6 years ago

thank you very much Dr. Kendrick!

Roger Kendrick
Roger Kendrick 6 years ago

Eugoa sp.
Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini

Please can you add this observation to the http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/moth... project?
(you can sign in with your Facebook account, and add via http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/...)

ChunXingWong
Spotted by
ChunXingWong

Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Jan 24, 2014
Submitted on Aug 23, 2016

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