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Hemithea Emerald Moth

Hemithea tritonaria

Description:

This lovely little moth had a wingspan of approx. 2 cm / 0.8 inches.

Habitat:

Hills overlooking Manila.

6 Comments

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 10 years ago

Thanks so much for the ID Agnes! :)

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Omg! More the references, more the confusion!
But my belief is it's Nemoria sp.

Regards,
Adi

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 10 years ago

Haha, yeah Agnes has a wonderful collection of moths to refer to! ... I've just seen another one: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/168...

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

I even checked one more Agnes spotting !
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/172...
Both belong to Phillipines ! That's wat made me confused!

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 10 years ago

Thanks so much for your ID help Adarsha! It does look like Red-Fringed Emerald - Nemoria bistriaria...
According to this spotting though: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/168...
... It might be a Hemithea Emerald Moth - Hemithea tritonaria ...?

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

There are two possibilities !
Either Nemoria bistriaria or Nemoria lixaria :)
Kindly check and verify..Region makes me confused!
http://sparkleberrysprings.com/v-web/b2/...

AnnvanWijgerden
Spotted by
AnnvanWijgerden

Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines

Spotted on Aug 4, 2013
Submitted on Aug 8, 2013

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