Is this Caenerresa diaphania ?

This is one of the common daylight moth found in Singapore. Not sure I id it correctly:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/...033e0ea2_o.jpg

Oops, someone post the question before (genus Amata?).
http://butterflycircle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6958

Saw someone on the net id it as Caenerresa diaphania.

Have to wait for our expert Roger to advise. In the moth world there are so many lookalikes that will make you go :stupid:.

Anyway, I always wondered where the term "daylight moth" came from. I noticed that some photogs started it at NPS and CS and then it continued.

As far as I remember, it's always been "day-flying moth" to describe generically, this group of moths that fly during the day instead of at night, which the majority of moths typically do.

Yes my mum keep telling me it's day flying moth when i was young. Quite a nice looking moth to start with.

Cheers!

indeed it is good to start with...this is the first i butt/moth i ever caught. haha.

狭翅鹿子蛾 (明窗鹿蛾) Amata hirayamae Matsumura, according to

http://gaga.jes.mlc.edu.tw/new23/9401/w08.htm

You managed to get a clean and green bg shot. :thumbsup:
I suppose their wings were not on the same plane resulting in some parts of the wings not sharp - tough situation for you.

Thank you all for the inputs and comments.
Ok, it is a day-flying moth, amata genus.

Cheers

found it again yesterday, after the rain have stopped...

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...40440_9788.jpg

very nice shot! i can never get the wings in focus everytime i try!

by the way, whats that chinese words on the right?

I was lucky. the moth was spreading it's wings flat and i took a shot from above. The chinese words says "The October of 2008 [lunar calender] was extremely rainy and on the first non-rainy day i captured this shot of the day flying moth." [rough translation].