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Lymantria lunata
Beautiful brown-grayish moth, about 3.5cm in length. I spotted it around noontime snuggled at a stem very close to the bark of the plant, making it not easy to notice. Lymantria lunata (Stoll, 1782), the Luna Gypsy Moth, is a species of moth of the Lymantriidae family. It is found in Southeast Asia, from India to the northeast coast of Australia. The wingspan is about 60 mm. The body is brown and the wings are white with a pattern of brown lines on the forewings. The larvae have been recorded feeding on Mangifera indica, Buchanania muelleri and Ficus benjamina.
Backyard; spotted on one of the branches of the Schefflera arboricola plant (Dwarf Umbrella Tree).
Reference: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax... http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life... http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/ac.... Compare with Lymantria lunata diversa (Turner) - http://www.ces.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_27....
7 Comments
Thanks J for helping ID and close this one. :)
Agreed. L. lunata for sure. Nice catch, Agnes!
Thanks J for looking into this. It seems L. dispar does not include Philippines in its range. How about L. lunata (http://v2.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrows...), a Southeast Asian gypsy moth?
I would say Lymantria dispar asiatica, though the bottom forewing is supposed to be dark, and not as light as the rest of the forewing.
This looks like a male Lymantria sp. I'm checking out some species for you.
Thanks Leanne. I only regret that I was not able to get a shot of its face.
Beautiful antanna!