Ghostlike but beautiful. Please id this moth. It feeds on the wild cinnamon tree.
-Elizabeth
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White ghostly moth
Ghostlike but beautiful. Please id this moth. It feeds on the wild cinnamon tree.
-Elizabeth
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Arctornis sp.
Lymantriidae.
Not really possible to say which species without dis-section of the genitalia.
Take a look at Jeremy Holloway's Moths of Borneo (vol 5. Arctornithini - gallery) to see just how much diversity there is in the genus, and how many are very similar to the species in your photo!
The diversity in Hong Kong is also quite high - there are at least a dozen similar species.
cheers,
Roger.
Roger C. KENDRICK Ph.D.
C & R Wildlife, Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, N.T., Hong Kong S.A.R.
HK Moths website: http://www.hkmoths.com
HK Moths Recording Project on i-Naturalist: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/hong-kong-moths
HK Moths Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/hongkongmoths/
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Just to share
Just to share:
This is the caterpillar of the white ghostly moth...
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And this is the pupa of it. Its cast off fur coat is in the back ground.
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-Elizabeth
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