Thai moths, ID request
		 
		
				
					
					
				
				
		
			
				
					I would very much appreciate if someone can help me with the identification of a couple of moth that I photographed during a trip to Central- and Northern Thailand in January 2016. 
 
photo 1:  
location: Phayao, lake side  
tentative id.: Chiasmia fidoneata 
BC34851-Geometridae moth # (Chiasmia fidoneata).jpg  
 
photo 2: 
location: Nakhon Sawan, river side 
tentative id.: ?, unidentified micro moth 
BC35034-Micromoth unidentified # (Microlepidoptera indet.).jpg  
 
photo 3: 
location: Kanchanaburi, river side 
tentative id.: Amata cf. sperbius 
BC35084-Handmaiden moth (Amata cf. sperbius).jpg  
 
photo 4: 
location: Kaeng Krachan NP 
tentative id.: Hyblaea sp. 
BC35833-Teak moth # (Hyblaea sp.).jpg  
 
photo 5: 
location: Kaeng Krachan NP 
tentative id.: Stathmopoda sp. 
BC36168-Concealer moth (Stathmopoda sp.).jpg  
 
Thanks in advance for any replies. 
 
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					3. Matches Amata sperbius  correctly. 
 
As ID'ed by moth specialist Roger Kendrick in HK. 
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326106  
 
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					1. Chiasmia fidoneata looks right. 
The darh patch on the FW band varies & may not be pronounced. 
http://www.pbase.com/andrew57/image/125265289  
 
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					4. Hyblaea puera.  
A pest of teak tree & relatively common. 
The FW subapical margin lacks the white patch of H. constellata.  
The upperside is widely variable. 
http://nature.berkeley.edu/~oboyski6...PTO_900_37.jpg  
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7283/8...c899b3c3_b.jpg  
http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/d/19...a_puera_01.jpg  
 
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					No idea what the two micro moths , no. 2 & 5 should be. 
Not sure if 5 is Stathmopoda.  
All Stathmopoda  seen have thinner antennae. 
 
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					No. 2 is probably a Tortricid. 
The thick black antennae, the unusual pebbly ground patterning; & the black banded legs are very similar to this. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hkmoth...7616809290427/  
 
TL Seow:Cheers. 
 
PS. There is no match in the Online World Catalogue  of Tortricidae , so it can't be a Tortricid.
				 
			 
			
		 
			
			
			
				
					Last edited by Psyche; 23-Mar-2016 at 07:09 PM .
				
				
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					Dr. Seow, thank you very much for your expert advice. 
Cheers, 
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