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Description:

insect on flower

1 Species ID Suggestions

dhobern
dhobern 12 years ago
Ctenuchinae EOL: Ctenuchinae


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7 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Lovely shot!

SeanWeekly
SeanWeekly 12 years ago

Fantastic find and great shot :)

KarloVacko
KarloVacko 12 years ago

Thanks for the information dhobern - especially boldsystems is a great website i diddnt know yet.. I´ll try to identify it for some more days - if not im going to set it like you suggested..

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

Thanks for the correction dhobern.

dhobern
dhobern 12 years ago

Can't find the exact species, but several similar. This is not strictly a Clearwing (family Sesiidae) but a moth in the family Arctiidae, subfamily Ctenuchinae. It's somewhat similar to some of the species in the genus Ceryx (http://www.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrow...) or Amata (http://www.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrow...).

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Lovely spot!

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

Beautiful shot of a fine Clearwing Moth! I'm sure someone will be able to nail this.

KarloVacko
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KarloVacko

Magelang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia

Spotted on Sep 21, 2011
Submitted on Oct 16, 2011

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