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Geometrid moth

Problepsis vulgaris

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Description:

Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum:Arthropoda, Class:Insecta ,Order:Lepidoptera Family: Geometridae, Subfamily: Sterrhinae, Tribe: Scopulini, Genus:Problepsis

Notes:

The cause of the color change of the abdomen is unknown still! This very glittering moth has Wingspan of 2.9 cm / 1.1 inch. he caterpillar was about 22 mm / 0.9 inches long. Problepsis vulgaris is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Asia, including India and Thailand.Markings slightly differ in this spot from Jatiswor :) http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/146...

1 Species ID Suggestions

AgnesAdiqueTalavera 10 years ago

Geometrid Moth

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36 Comments (1–25)

Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you so much Vasanth ji :)

VasanthKumar 10 years ago

AMAZING MOTH!

Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you Tic :)

Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you so much Vipin and mark :)

TicThapanya 10 years ago

beautiful moth

Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Beautiful creature.

vipin.baliga 10 years ago

Such a beautiful moth. :-)

Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you so much Gerardo :)

Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Wow fantastic great spot and photos :)

Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you so much Noel!

Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you Rajestmohit12 :)

rajestmohit12 10 years ago

Very unique...

Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you so much Maria and Andreas :)

Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you so much ramya :)

Maria dB 10 years ago

Gorgeous!

Noel Buensuceso 10 years ago

Great series, Adarsha!

ramyabharatha123 10 years ago

Super...

Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Yes sckel! In Birthday busy, i was unable to edit :) I ll edit now :)

Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you so much Nuwan, Luis and Kranti :)

NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

beautiful!

Sckel 10 years ago

A moth special. Lord Adarsha, i gave an ID for your bug, please verify. :)

LuisStevens 10 years ago

Great find Adarsha!

Kranti Dhiman 10 years ago

oh amazing moth ! superb finding Adi :)

Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you so much Reiko :)

RiekoS 10 years ago

Beautiful moth.

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Spotted by
Adarsha B S

Ripponpet, Karnataka, India

Spotted on Jul 1, 2013
Submitted on Jul 2, 2013

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