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Unnamed spotting

Description:

Back of moth mimics a familiar face--the pet dog of my niece. That was also the impression of this moth to my young niece. The brown short fur and long ears were strikingly similar.

Habitat:

Rural residential places. Tropics.

Notes:

Image at the back of the moth looked like the face of the daschund pet of my niece. Her favorite. Brown shiny short fur. Long ears and button-like eyes. She was thrilled when I showed her the picture of the moth.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Hawk Moth
Daphnis hypothous hypothous The Sphingidae of Southeast
Oleander Hawk-moth
Daphnis nerii Daphnis nerii


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6 Comments

Hi Alma! We'd love to have this moth spotting on the mission "Moths in the Philippines" at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1591... . Please join the mission. Thanks!

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

Wow, I'm envious! :) I've reared D. nerii, but have not seen D. hypothous in person.

SachindraUmesh
SachindraUmesh 11 years ago

@Agnes- Thanks loads - i think that ive also reared a few of these and mistakenly ID'd them as D.neri =)

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

@Sachindra, yes it is! :) Here's another one, the equivalent Southeast Asia link. - http://www.sphin-sea.unibas.ch/SphinSEA/...

SachindraUmesh
SachindraUmesh 11 years ago

Yep , i think you are right =) =) i thought that it was the lighting that made it seem darkish on the pic =) Great link too =)

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

I think it's the Daphnis hypothous - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lereeves/66...

Very like a dark D. nerii, but distinguished by a white spot at the forewing apex. -
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/d_hyp....

AlmaGamil
Spotted by
AlmaGamil

Sorsogon, Philippines

Spotted on Dec 10, 2011
Submitted on Aug 6, 2012

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