White Antenna Wasp Moth

Amata nigriceps

Description:

Smallish moth with furry black and orange banded body, black wings with orange patches, and antenna with white tips to them (about the last 1/4 of their length). It also has an orange furry collar and a tuft of orange hair in front of the eyes and antenna. There are also orange patches on the front legs, though I must confess I didn't notice them till looking at the photo.

Notes:

This one was found indoors, clinging to a wooden window frame which you can see in the photo is almost exactly the same golden orange colour as the patches on its wings. I don't know if it alighted there for camouflage or just because it was close to the daylight...

Species ID Suggestions

9 Comments

Maria dB 11 years ago

Very nice spotting!

Grum 11 years ago

Thanks Argy.

Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Nice shot Grum.

Grum 11 years ago

Thanks Mariah and Jolly.

Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Fantastic detail. Nice shot and welcome to Project NOAH

Maria dB 11 years ago

very nice!

DanielePralong 11 years ago

No worries Graham, and welcome again.

Grum 11 years ago

Thanks Vitthal, and Daniele - thanks for the pointer on scientific names - I've amended the spot accordingly. Sorry for being such a noob ;-)

DanielePralong 11 years ago

Hi graham.smiths.mail, and welcome to Project Noah with this great spotting an notes!
Scientific name is Amata nigriceps, which we like to have filled in as Project Noah uses scientific names to organize and index all spottings. Here is mine, spotted not too far away from yours:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/112...