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Bluebottle
25-Oct-2009, 05:04 PM
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?
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/moth/LyssazampaIMG_5341p.jpg?t=1256457681

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/moth/IMG_5345p.jpg?t=1256457709

atronox
26-Oct-2009, 07:12 PM
The first one is indeed a Lyssa zampa.

hkmoths
01-Nov-2009, 02:54 PM
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.

Bluebottle
02-Nov-2009, 10:45 PM
Thanks Aaron, Roger.