This is one of about 2300 species of known Emerald moths, most, of which are tropical. Some idea of size may be of help in narrowing it down to perhaps just a handful of species.
Welcome to Project Noah Neusiene Nice first spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing We hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: We invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions
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She had between 3 to 4 cm.
This is one of about 2300 species of known Emerald moths, most, of which are tropical. Some idea of size may be of help in narrowing it down to perhaps just a handful of species.
Thank AntónioGinjaGinja . The site is very interesting!
Hello SarahHiteWhitt . It really is very similar .
Looks similar to a Blackberry Looper Moth......but not in your region, I don't believe. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorochl...
Welcome to Project Noah Neusiene
Nice first spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing
We hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore:
We invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah.
There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms.
Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions