Unknown moth

Thank Mark. Done !

?Maybe put this into a specialist moth forum for comment. https://www.facebook.com/groups/13721909...

If you check the genus Alabonia, it also have the long labial palps.

After a long consideration and detailed revision ... I think it is an Oecophoridae. I've found some species like those on the genus Hypercallia and the sub family Depressariinae, with similar large labial palps. But, I also discovered that Oecophoridae, as well as some other families in the Gelechioidea, are a very obscure and not so well studied group of moths. It won't be a surprise if it is a new specie !

Hi Mark, yes .. it is very unusual. Both the Melyridae and the butterfly shared the same place and both were walking in the same space ... in fact, some of the photographers that came with me, thought the butterflies were in fact the beetles !

Very interesting. The large, recurved labial palps are unusual. Although the colors match the pattern is very different and the moth also has a lower profile than the beetle. I don't see Notodontidae. Oecophoridae better or some other Gelechioidea. ??

Can it be Notodontidae ?

Thank you Larry. There are still some mysteries to solve about this two species, but I think that soon it will be solved !

Thank you Maria. The relation between the two species is very clear. I wonder if it is Müllerian mimicry or Batesian mimicry. I'm not sure about it and this is why I need to know at least the butterfly's family.

Wonderful series and information

This is a very interesting spotting - the similarity between the two insects is demonstrated well.

Maybe it is an Oecophoridae ???