I was scrolling through the moth trend and realise there are some valuable information here, which i've decided to also try out at some moth's ID since we have such amazing diversity in Singapore! If you up to the challenge i am willing to photograph some moths as usual. It is alright if you cant give definite answer, but i wish to challenge my current(and limited) moth knowledge
Starting with a simple one, i will be asking for burnet moth family moth here
2 - Burnet moth family. I could only reach this conclusion after suggestions from Inat and my own guesses. I realise the burnet moth family have a somewhat shape,if u will, to it, like species from pompelon marginata, artona species and cyclosia species, like a triangle from a kids puzzle
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125159945 burnet1.1.jpgburnet1.2.jpg
Moths are just way too difficult.
I dont have the proper references to ID many of them.
There are several thousand species in Singapore alone.
However these Zygaenid moths are fascinating & I think I have their IDs.
1. Boradiopsis harmani.
There appear to be two species in our region.
The 2nd B. bipartita is not recorded from Singapore.
They are both very similar.
B. harmani Open plain area larger; FW marginal spots extend from apex down to the tornus (lower angle of the FW.)
B. bipartita; Open area smaller; FW marginal spots end about 1/3 from bottom. BORAD.png https://www.flickr.com/photos/budak/51671970426/
2. Very likely Heteropan scintillans. Range India to Sundaland.
Pale grey with a dark margin & a powderly bluish iridescence.
In the image below the FWs are folded well in exposing the margins of the HWs.
Sri Lanka. https://israel.inaturalist.org/obser...ity_assessment
I will still keep trying to shoot moth and ID them on my own, while i do not have any moth reference book, i will try my best to ID! Appreciate for the generous knowledge sharing! There are indeed too many moths, and too little people shooting it in Singapore however. Got to take every opportunity to learn!
Ive shot a few other moths since they kind of flutter around as butterflies as well, and i challenge myself making some IDs here. I would like to seek ur advice, but shall u think its insufficient, i am more than happy to have it left as a genus ID, since i dont think i will be dissecting moths anytime soon. My reference are generally singapore publish articles and inat links, since i lack any moth reference book, which i will be buying soon(if you can recommend any titles i would appreciate it!). I refer to inat as well, even though the species suggestion isnt the best its at least a effort i can carry out
1 - Prosopandrophila distincta. My ID reach this conclusion base on a few past documents, such as https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/upload...nis385-392.pdf and general ID on inaturalist. The caterpillar in the general ID observation feeds on the same plant as the pdf attach, which i induce which is why it is the species i suggested. Since i lack any of the moths reference books, this is my best attempt as such, from comparing pictures of physical specimens. This specimen is about the size of a general bushbrown, shot at seletar area
Inat link of my shot - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/135639118 Attachment 28018Attachment 28019
3 - pseudosesia species. I couldnt find any information about pseudosesia species in Singapore, and i use to think they are part of the burnet moth family until i found out they are from Sesiidae family. Ive concluded these two fine specimen are males due to the coremata in one of the observation. I have shot a pseudosesia in the past before i am extremely interested in bugs, so i added a old photo of a potential female ive shot, which was also in the same area. A interesting note is that they seem to always appear at leea indica patches for the nectars and appears to also just rest around the area in general. However, i cant find any online articles about their lifecycle, and the australia article https://www.researchgate.net/publica...acific_Islands here, i am afraid it might be irrelevant
inat links - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/135639135 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/135639109
inat link for the possible female of the same species - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118123724 pseudosesia1.jpgpseudosesia2.jpg
1 & 2 are right.
If you dont have any references, here are a few.
Moths of Borneo covers about 75% of the macromoths in Singapore.
Zygaenidae is in vol. 2. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/
Addendum; It seem vol. 2 is not accessible on line. You have to purchase the hard copy.
This one have been identified by a moth specialist as Pseudosesia rufifinis.(rufifinis= red end.)
It is the same species ,but without the yellow patches on the thorax. https://guatemala.inaturalist.org/observations/78287533
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