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Commander
14-May-2006, 11:53 PM
Here's a strange looking moth (at least it looks like a moth!) for the experts to ID.

The 2nd one is quite small, about only 1 cm wingspan. Interesting green colours on the wings. :thinking:

Common Rose
14-May-2006, 11:59 PM
hmm... where're the antannae?

Commander
15-May-2006, 12:01 AM
Tucked underneath the wings. You can just see a bit of the antenna just curving downwards below the wings.

fluorite
15-May-2006, 05:43 AM
the top one looks like Monobolodes pernigrata (Warren)
Epiplemidae
it's range : India,

hkmoths
16-May-2006, 12:09 PM
The red and yellow species looks as if it should be in the very diverse genus Chrysocraspeda, Geometridae, Sterrhinae. This species is not one of the 30 Chrysocraspeda illustrated in the Moths of Borneo series.

cheers,

Roger.

yanyewkay
18-May-2006, 05:47 PM
wow.. they tuck their antennaes under their wings? interesting.

hkmoths
19-May-2006, 11:26 AM
Hi Yan,

Yes indeed, some species do tuck their antennae away under the wings!

cheers,

Roger.

p.s.

one antenna
many antennae

isaac
24-May-2006, 11:03 AM
Wow... this is interesting... like stealth bombers of the insect world... the high tech stuff... (advanced evolution?)... can the topmost moth really fly? Wings look realllllly too small for flight.

Common Mime
24-May-2006, 05:35 PM
p.s.

one antenna
many antennae
Hi Roger,

Thanks! :)

hkmoths
25-May-2006, 12:58 PM
Hi Isaac,

The forewings on the epiplemine species are folded up like a roll at the top (costa) and the hindwings do much the same, only at the dorsal edge.
Set specimens show that species in this group actually have quite broad wings.

cheers,

Roger.