Moth ID trend

[Zicky]

Dear Doctor Seow,

Here are some past observation that i need require some assistance on. I find it tough to sort through these, and im still using the moth of borneo website to sort out even just at family level.

1 - Noctuoidea
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153800854

2 - Genus Ericeia
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151401882

3 - Subfamily Herminiinae
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150483095

4 - Eumelea sp (i consider myself lucky it let me took a shot even, their perching angle is horrible all the time)
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152705398

5 - im not sure where to start with, but it has two distinct spots
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124871238

6 - Acropteris genus - what a pristine specimen, at that!
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153800891

Skipping regards
Zicky

[Psyche]

Post 41.

1. Unknown. no match found.

3. Unknown .Probably Hermininae.
Distinctive but no match found.

2. Ericeia inangulata.
Three species are very similar & confusing as each also varies widely.

a. E. inangulata. HW rounded.
Male with submarginal strongly zigzag ,with the angles sharp pointed.
Female with apical pale spots, a subtornal black spot & weak submarginal.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-1...lodini_4_3.php
Males.
https://www.mothsofindia.org/sites/m...dae80420-1.jpg
https://www.mothsofindia.org/sites/m...7d99b7d4-1.jpg
Female.
https://www.mothsofindia.org/sites/m...88502101-1.jpg

E. rectifascia. HW rounded.
FW submarginal fascia shallowly undulate. Male also with pale apical spots.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-1...lodini_4_4.php
Male.
https://insecta.pro/images/1024/30195.jpg

E. pertendens HW mildly mid-angled.
Generally more ashy grey. FW submarginal zigzag with rounded angles.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-1...lodini_4_6.php
Male.
https://www.mothsofindia.org/sites/m...ab97c48b-1.jpg
Female.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericei...pertendens.jpg

[Psyche]

Post 41.

4. Should be Eumelea rosalia even though the HW apex is marked with yellow.

4 species are very similar.
EUMELEA.png

Eumelea rosalia.
FW postmedial strong, submarginal weak often broken & incomplete.
HW apex may be marked with yellow.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9...eleini_8_2.php
Male & female P. Malaysia.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...9071/large.jpg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...5879/large.png

Eumelea florinata.
FW postmedial & submarginal equally strong.
Male is densely speckled carmine pink, obscuring the yellow ground colour.
HW apex margined with yellow.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9...eleini_8_5.php
Males.
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...9674/large.jpg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...454/large.jpeg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...700/large.jpeg
Females
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64933155
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...467/large.jpeg
P. Malaysia.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...8823/large.jpg
Pair.
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...0885/large.jpg

Eumelea biflavata.
FW postmedial & submarginal equally strong with two diffuse yellow spots in betwee.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9...eleini_8_6.php
Males.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...2488/large.JPG
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...858/large.jpeg
Females.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...119/large.jpeg
Probable females.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...866/large.jpeg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...426/large.jpeg

Eumelea ludovicata
FW submarginal strong & broad ; postmedial absent.
Two yellow spots inside the submarginal, & various other spots on HW & margins.
Female often marked with dark spots.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9...eleini_8_7.php
Males.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...487/large.jpeg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...3103/large.jpg
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...322/large.jpeg
Females.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...672/large.jpeg
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...477/large.jpeg

[Psyche]

Post 41.

5. Organopoda perobata.

Two species have very large HW spots & also a white spot on the FW.

O. cnecosticta have the FW antemedial wavy.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-1...phiini_1_3.php
https://insecta.pro/taxonomy/120507
https://spinelesswonders.smugmug.com...s-Geometridae/


O. perobata have the FW antemedial sraight & it matches this observation.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-1...phiini_1_4.php

[Psyche]

Post 41.

6. Acropteris rectinervata.

Two species are very similar.
ACROPTERIS.png

Acropteris rectinervata is much commoner.
The veins in both sexes are normal & straight.
The white marginal band is almost uniform in width, only slightly wider at the apex.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8...niinae_2_2.php
https://singapore.biodiversity.onlin...doptera-000382
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...249/medium.jpg


Acropteris grammearia.
The veins in the female are normal & straight.
In the male thw veins are closer in the middle, curving out to the margin.
The white marginal band is more abruptly widen at the apex.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8...niinae_2_1.php
See Acropteris species 1 for A. rectnervata & Acropteris sp. 2 for A. grammearia.
https://www.thaibugs.com/index.php/n...ls?page_id=245
A. grammearia.
https://www.thaibugs.com/wp-content/...eris%20sp2.jpg

Only two observations suggest A. grammearia (female)
P. Ubin 2017.
https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.ama...775/large.jpeg
Rifle Range Rd. 2016
https://static.inaturalist.org/photo...6472/large.jpg


TL Seow: Cheers.

[Zicky]

Thank you for the insightful explanation Doctor Seow! The drawings are very helpful

Skipping regards
Zicky

[Psyche]

Post 41

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153800854

1. Erygia apicalis.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-1...neousi_1_1.php
https://eol.org/media/3408846


TL Seow: Cheers.

[Psyche]

Post 41.

3. Chusaris species.

These two are likely to be the same species except one is more heavily darken.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150483095
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150483098

There is no match with Bornean materials but this Taiwanese species is very close.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/58457647@N04/37222626485/


TL Seow: Cheers.

[Zicky]

Hi Doctor Seow,

Just one moth from a recent night cycle.

Hulodes species?
inat link - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174701807

Skipping regards
Zicky

[Psyche]

Post 49.
Hulodes caranea.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-1...lodini_1_1.php

TL Seow:Cheers.