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Cirrhochrista Moth

Cirrhochrista aetherialis

Description:

20 mm wingspan; white wings festooned in brown, three inveted brown triangles. Family: Crambidae Genus: Cirrhochrista Lederer, 1863

Habitat:

tropical wood, lowland

Notes:

Crambidae; ¿Cirrhochrista Sp.?

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4 Comments

Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel 10 years ago

Yup, @Dave.We shall wait for more opinions. Tnx! :)

folicallychalled
folicallychalled 10 years ago

Looks closer than my suggestion.

Dave

Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel 10 years ago

Yes @Dave, the wing looks like c. spinuella, but the body in thispic is completly white. I was thinking in c. aetherialei. Take a look, pls.
http://bunyipco.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_...

folicallychalled
folicallychalled 10 years ago

Super image and good job on the ID.

Looks like Cirrhochrista spinuella:

http://mothtaiwan.blogspot.com/2010/12/c...

Dave

Juan Manuel
Spotted by
Juan Manuel

Cagayan, Philippines

Spotted on Jun 4, 2013
Submitted on Jun 4, 2013

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