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Lichen moth

Miltochrista sp.

Description:

Length : ~1.10cm Season : Rainy season Time : 03:00am 16Jun2021 Frequency : Rare Life stage : adult Gender : Female (threadlike antennae)

Habitat:

Spotted inside the car parking very close to open abandoned area with lot of plants.

Notes:

It may be Footman moth (Nepita conferta). Experts confirmation is required. Few observations: 1. The pattern is different. 2. Wings edges are not brownish 3. Wings edges have brownish spots.

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Lichen moth
Miltochrista sp. Miltochrista terminospota · iNaturalist


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1 Comment

m.prasad.369
m.prasad.369 2 years ago

Thanks Ornithoptera80! :) I thought it was some variant of Footman moth (Nepita conferta) due to it's high resemblance. :)

m.prasad.369
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m.prasad.369

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Spotted on Jun 16, 2021
Submitted on Oct 6, 2021

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