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Post by hewi on Nov 4, 2012 5:21:49 GMT -8
Someone knows this moth (Noctuidae ?) from Malaysia, Cameron Highlands ? The wingspan is 6,3 cm Thanks for the help ! Manfred Attachments:
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Post by hewi on Nov 5, 2012 11:18:20 GMT -8
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Post by leptraps on Nov 5, 2012 13:36:14 GMT -8
Show the underside.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Nov 6, 2012 6:09:50 GMT -8
It looks like Scrobigera albomarginata, checking the Thai Noctuidae book (Kononenko & Pinratana, 2005), although that book does not list Malaysia in the species distribution.
Adam.
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Post by hewi on Nov 6, 2012 7:57:13 GMT -8
Hi Adam, your suggestion is in good agreement with the figure of S. albomarginata on the website mothphotograph.web.fc2.com/Agaristinae/agaristinae3.htmlThe only difference is the much broader white outer margin of my specimen. But this could indicate a different (new ?) subspecies. As it may be, your suggestion was great, as always !!!! Many thanks for your effort ! Best regards Manfred Attachments:
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Post by prillbug4 on Nov 6, 2012 8:21:56 GMT -8
Actually, Scrobigera albomarginata is completely black, and has a thin white border along both wings, not the wide border that is pictured here. There's a photograph of it on Thai bugs. The identification is not correct.
Jeff Prill
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Post by Adam Cotton on Nov 6, 2012 9:02:17 GMT -8
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Post by africaone on Nov 6, 2012 9:14:31 GMT -8
Adam, may be male and female ?
probably the same genus but seems not the same species
I have seen a specimen like that in Frankfurt this WE ! may be the same ?
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Post by Adam Cotton on Nov 6, 2012 10:02:24 GMT -8
Well they seem quite different to me. Here are the pictures of S. albomarginata from Kononenko & Pinratana, 2005 (numbers 7-9, number 6 is another species, S. vulcania). Note particularly the obviously rounded forewing apex, which is clearly pointed in the moth on Thai Bugs. To me that looks more like a species of Lygniodes. As I said before, I'm only going by the Thai moth book I have, and am by no means an expert on these, so I could be wrong. Adam. Attachments:
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Post by hewi on Nov 6, 2012 11:38:59 GMT -8
I'm convinced Adam is not wrong. The specimen is definitely Scrobigera albomarginata, perhaps ssp. opheltes DRUCE, 1885. The specimen matches completely the original description of Druce.
It must be a female as HEMMING, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, Volume III, p. 544 states that the female has the neck with a white ring (male: orange).
And yes, I have purchased it at the Frankfurt fair this weekend.
Manfred
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