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Unknown Moth

Description:

3-4 cm wingspan.

Habitat:

Found during night at a Lodge in Mlawula nature reserve.

Notes:

Tose pictures are showing three different moths. Same family for sure, but it is even the same species?

2 Species ID Suggestions

KateBraun
KateBraun 7 years ago
Moth
Poloma angulata
Monkey moth
Hemijana variegata Hemijana variegata African Moths


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2 Comments

Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 2 years ago

Very nice find!
All the specimens you found in the pictures are males, and the species is Hemijana variegata.

KateBraun
KateBraun 7 years ago

Identification confirmed by Rolf Oberprieler.

All four photos are most likely of the same species, the last one has just lost a lot of its scales.

Tiz
Spotted by
Tiz

Lubombo Region, Swaziland

Spotted on Nov 10, 2013
Submitted on Nov 16, 2013

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