Spotting

Description:

A small colourful day-flying moth.

Habitat:

In a small patch of original vegetation at the edge of a town in a remote area. The river was to one side a few metres away and cultivated land was just a metre away on the other side.

Notes:

The location given the internet and will be a few miles from the exact spot the moth was seen. It was an area called Buena Vista I believe. ID suggestions so far: probably genus Hemerophila or Ornarantia probably from the family Choreutidae

Species ID Suggestions

7 Comments

Les Catchick 7 years ago

Thanks Sukanya and Pam.
Hemerophila is one of two 'families' with similarities but I have not found this exact moth.
Have you seen yours Pam since your earlier comment? I have recently uploaded another probable metalmark moth with no exact ID also taken in Colombia.

pamsai 7 years ago

I saw the same one in Peru, Les...

SukanyaDatta 7 years ago

Take a look.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/423...

Les Catchick 8 years ago

Thanks Pam. There was another in that area that is also possibly a metalmark moth.

pamsai 8 years ago

beautiful moth...

Les Catchick 8 years ago

Thanks.
I had been told "A metalmark moth, probably genus Hemerophila or Ornarantia" and found a Hemerophila one that looks related to me, but I really have little grasp of IDs and often get them wrong.