Found a moth caterpillar on Bridelia tomentosa, and it turns out to be a tiny moth in its adult stage.
Searching the web reveals that this should be a kind of plume moth.
Any idea on the species ID of this moth?
Insect_01
Early Stages Specialist
ID of this tiny moth
Found a moth caterpillar on Bridelia tomentosa, and it turns out to be a tiny moth in its adult stage.
Searching the web reveals that this should be a kind of plume moth.
Any idea on the species ID of this moth?
Last edited by horace2264; 22-Jan-2024 at 12:14 AM.
Horace
Power Member
This looks to be a form of Nippoptilia.
The closest is a Papuan species with the lower half of the thorax white.
https://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%...%20spinosa.htm
TL seow: Cheers.
Early Stages Specialist
Many thanks, Dr Seow for the suggested ID of this tiny moth.
Horace
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