Moths from Northern Thailand

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Thx a lot Seow for all the confirmations, corrections and suggestions!

1. Hmm. I can see some similarity - but nothing really close...

2. Yes, I see that (now!) - but do you think genus i right?

4. Yes, ectozona and kuangtungensis are very similar, but the small differences there are in illustrations and descriptions in MoT vol. 6 point to the latter in my opinion: Lower part of (outer) forwing band sharper in ectozona and more patterning on the inner half of wing in kuangtungensis. Do you disagree, or are you pointing out that ID'ing these two from photo simply is unreliable?

best wishes and lots of thx

Jan F. Rasmussen

Post 1.

1. probably Noctuidae . some resemblance to the markings of Maliattha.

2.Does not match the pattern of S. imaon.
http://www.jpmoth.org/Arctiidae/Synt...des_imaon.html

3. N. coleta is right.

4. Neoduma also looks like N. ectozona.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2295/2...f2e_z.jpg?zz=1

5. Neochera dominia looks right although the FW usually has a pale area. Vein stripes typically widen at margin.
http://insecta.pro/images/1024/21122.jpg

6. Lyclene undulosa is right.
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital...20undulosa.htm

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2. Yes, I see that (now!) - but do you think genus i right?

4. Yes, ectozona and kuangtungensis are very similar, but the small differences there are in illustrations and descriptions in MoT vol. 6 point to the latter in my opinion: Lower part of (outer) forwing band sharper in ectozona and more patterning on the inner half of wing in kuangtungensis. Do you disagree, or are you pointing out that ID'ing these two from photo simply is unreliable?



Jan F. Rasmussen

2. There is only one species in Syntomoides ie S. imaon. Others eg S godartii have been synonymised.
This is also often labelled as S. imaon on the net .
S. imaon ID'ed by Roger Kendrick.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1305594

Could be Ceryx which has an orange patch on the thorax.


4. You are right it is N. kuangtungenssis.
I didn't have the resources earlier to check this out since googling N. k. comes out blank , but Neochera alone provides a pic.
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...&iact=c&ictx=1

The other two, can't see a match in Noctuidae or Nolidae.

TL Seow : Cheers.

[Psyche]

Post 7.

The 1st one match Trilocha varians.
As ID'ed by Roger.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/442188

The 2nd should be the female.
http://pikul.lib.ku.ac.th/insect/007...ns%20%20MF.jpg

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Psyche]

Phalacra no match.

Post 9.
Looks to be This Trabala vishnou.
http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Trabala-vishnou.php

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Psyche]

MoB's example of Barsine cruciata actually shows an example where the black lines do not touch to form a 'cross'.
So the ID may still be right.
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-7/...ariini_8_6.php

TL Seow:Cheers.

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Thx again - your help is really a blessing for me, Seow!

Three Limacodidae (I believe):

Thaton2015_08_27_19_16_DxO by Jan Fischer Rasmussen, on Flickr

Thaton2015_08_27_05_26_DxO_1620 by Jan Fischer Rasmussen, on Flickr

Thaton2015_08_26_08_57_01_DxO by Jan Fischer Rasmussen, on Flickr

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Some lymantriines. Most of the lymantriine pictures I have are unidentified, here are those from my last trip, one caterpillar, 3 Orgyiini, 1 Nygmiini and one Arctornis sp.:

The larva is not from the north (unlike all the others) but from bangkok, where it lived in a Lotus pot happily munching the leaves of the Lotus:

Bangkok2015_08_12_09_56_02_DxO by Jan Fischer Rasmussen, on Flickr

Thaton2015_08_25_19_39_DxO by Jan Fischer Rasmussen, on Flickr

Thaton2015_08_26_06_09_02_DxO by Jan Fischer Rasmussen, on Flickr

Thaton2015_08_28_05_11_04_DxO by Jan Fischer Rasmussen, on Flickr

Thaton2015_08_26_06_56_01_DxO by Jan Fischer Rasmussen, on Flickr

Thaton2015_08_27_19_13_DxO by Jan Fischer Rasmussen, on Flickr

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Post 14.
No. 2.
Birthamoides junctura.
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital...20junctura.htm

TL Seow : Cheers.

[Psyche]

Thaton2015_08_27_19_13_DxO by Jan Fischer Rasmussen, on Flickr

Possibly this species Arctornis cygna. Range Sikkim to China & Taiwan.
Examples from Taiwan.
http://eoldata.taibif.tw/files/eolda...a_moor1879.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...rnis_cygna.jpg


TL Seow : Cheers.
PS. I would say a high probability.

[Psyche]

Thaton2015_08_28_05_11_04_DxO by Jan Fischer Rasmussen, on Flickr

This is an intriguing one.
By cross checking all the genera in tribe Orgyiini only Orgyia has this colouration & pattern.
http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_li.../lymantriidae/

However it does not seem to match any species.
But I believed this is Orgyia osseata.

As stated in the text it is very variable & may have red or grey zones.
It is closest to the example of male no. 4 below.
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-5/...gyiini_1_2.php

TL Seow : Cheers.