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    Default ID please

    Came across these two beauties this morning before running for cover when the sky started pouring.
    Appreciate your help to id them. Thanks.

    Lyssa Zampa moth?


    -Loke

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    The first one is indeed a Lyssa zampa.
    Aaron Soh

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    second one is a species in the genus Arctornis.

    This is a species rich group, with many species virtually identical on external adult morphology. Dis-section of the genitalia is the only way to determine the species of these white Arctornis species.

    Higher taxonomic placing is as follows:
    Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Lymantriinae (tussock moths), Arctornithini.

    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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    Thanks Aaron, Roger.
    -Loke

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