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Hemithea tritonaria
Emerald or dark green moth, about 22mm wingspan. Hemithea tritonaria (Walker, 1863), from family Geometridae, subfamily Geometrinae, tribe Hemitheini, has recorded occurrence in the Philippines - http://v2.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrows.... Matching image - http://www.hkwildlife.net/redirect.php?f....
Backyard garden.
Matching image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44525316@N0... named as Nemoria bistriaria (Red-fringed Emerald), but genus Nemoria (Hübner, 1818)(Geometrinae) does not seem to exist in the Philippines (ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/geometrinae/nemoria/index.html). Existing in the Philippines - Hemithea melalopha; Tribe Geometrini - http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geom... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Emer.... But image did not match: http://v2.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrows....
Spotted on Dec 21, 2012
Submitted on Dec 30, 2012
3 Comments
Thanks Maria, Adi, Leana, Nuwan, Sleepy for the appreciation. :)
Very nice
Awesome!