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Giant Uraniid Moth

Lyssa menoetius

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bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago
Giant Uraniid Moth
Lyssa menoetius Giant Uraniid Moth | Project Noah


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bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Please, check your ID, thanks!

ArvinMemaphu
ArvinMemaphu 9 years ago

Thanks a lot bayucca :)

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Found another one from the Philippines, but this one IS actually Lyssa zampa!
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/287...

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Uraniidae, Lyssa menoetius. Indeed very similar to Lyssa zampa. However, that one would have a distinct whitish area besides the white stripe and different marking on the hindwing. Besides there is some pattern at the base of the forewing, whisch is missing in yours and Lyssa menoetius.
Zampa: http://staff.science.nus.edu.sg/~sivasot...
Menoetius: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonclark20...
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_qu...
http://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id204899/
http://www.pbase.com/image/102622450
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...
Here you find both in one link, left Menoetius, right side a wrongly labeled Menoetius, which is actually Lyssa zampa.
In my link above you might find some other ones:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/144...

ArvinMemaphu
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ArvinMemaphu

Pampanga, Philippines

Spotted on May 2, 2014
Submitted on May 2, 2014

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