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attacus atlas
wingspan- 24 cm
The Atlas moth is a large saturniid moth found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia, and common across the Malay archipelago. Wikipedia,( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacus_atlas)
Please include this Attacus lorquinii moth and the rest of your moth spottings to the mission "Moths in the Philippines" at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1591.... Thanks!
Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) has a different wing pattern, RolandFadz. Though your spotting is a relative, the Attacus atlas has a small white pin marking on top of the triangular white on the forewings as in this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacus_atl... as compared to your spotting which is similar to this http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Mot...
Spotted on Jul 4, 2013
Submitted on Jul 14, 2013
