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Wingspan: 72mm.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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bayucca
bayucca 4 years ago
Geometrid Moth
Thinopteryx sp. BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser - Thinopteryx {genus}


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4 Comments

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 4 years ago

Thanks a lot bayucca for the ID and the exhaustive references. I'll get back to it later.

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bayucca
bayucca 4 years ago

I think it is either Thinopteryx delectans or Thinopteryx nebulosa, both look almost identical and I cannot separate the 2 species on a safe base.
Nebulosa:
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/services/media-sto...
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/services/media-sto...
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/services/media-sto...
http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/GWO...

Delectans:
http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/GWORB/BC_...
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxb...

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bayucca
bayucca 4 years ago

I change my ID!! To risky for getting down to species level...

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bayucca
bayucca 4 years ago

Geometridae, Ennominae, Thinopteryx cf. delectans.

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DrNamgyalTSherpa
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DrNamgyalTSherpa

Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Spotted on Jul 31, 2019
Submitted on Aug 2, 2019

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