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Diaphania indica
Spotted on Mar 23, 2011
Submitted on Oct 20, 2011
10 Comments
Congrats on the blog feature dungeonmaster..!
super sweet and congratulations!
Congratulations Shu, this fascinating moth is featured in the Project Noah blog today - http://blog.projectnoah.org/
Shu: I think you are right in the ID, because I looked for pictures and they look exactly as yours, but let see if someone else knows about this moth.
And what is standing next to me in my picture its a Tapir! (of course the picture is missing two of her four legs) :)
Carolina: i have to ask... what is that standing next to you in your profile pic?
most people call me Shu... ;o)
Carolina: the same thought occurred to me, i had to read the wiki article twice to catch what it meant on distribution:
"This moth occurs in MANY tropical and SUBTROPICAL regions ouside the Americas, though it is native to southern Asia..."
as far as the species description given in wiki and the pics on EOL, i am pretty convinced the id is sound. i will however concede that i am not an entomologist, and i am well aware that arthropod identification can be quite tricky.
anyone else got any suggestions to offer?
You're welcome dungeon :)
Although I'm still searching because it says Diaphania indic a only occurs in Asia and the Americas, and I have been looking for some Diaphania in Africa, but not luck. - What do you think?
Carolina: thank you. i did not expect to id this so quickly.
They look similar:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/656...