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Post by briancook on Aug 25, 2018 5:29:18 GMT -8
Any ideas please? Is this a fly or a moth? Attachments:
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Post by bandrow on Aug 25, 2018 6:36:39 GMT -8
Greetings,
My guess is Lepidoptera - some family of microlepidoptera. Very cool!!
Cheers!
Bandrow
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Post by briancook on Aug 25, 2018 8:06:33 GMT -8
Yes, it’s a beauty, but I haven’t been able to find anything close as far as colors yet.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 25, 2018 9:13:45 GMT -8
I have seen moths similar to this one in Thailand and Laos. It probably is a microlep but I don't know which family, never mind genus.
Adam.
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Post by briancook on Aug 26, 2018 0:48:18 GMT -8
Thanks, Adam...
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Post by africaone on Aug 26, 2018 2:06:57 GMT -8
looks like a zygaenid (something like Clelea)
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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 26, 2018 3:29:55 GMT -8
I originally thought these were Zygaenids, but I'm pretty sure that someone told me a few years ago they are actually micros. Of course I may well be wrong.
Adam.
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Post by leptraps on Aug 26, 2018 4:54:41 GMT -8
It is a Choreutidae It is Neotropical and several species similar to the one in the photograph can be found in South Florida and the Florida Keys.
Possibly the same Genus Hemerophila.
MPG #2655.
While living in south Florida I collected a number of them. However, Microlepidoptera was not an interest then. I mounted some and gave them to the collection at DPI which is now part of the McGuire Center.
Even though they are very small, the coloring is stunning.
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Post by Paul K on Aug 26, 2018 5:27:37 GMT -8
It is indeed micro moth from family Choreutidae, Metalmark moths.
I suppose it is Saptha divitiosa.
I have seen them few times on Ko Phangan-Thailand. They are active during the day.
Paul
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Post by briancook on Aug 26, 2018 17:42:11 GMT -8
It is a Choreutidae It is Neotropical and several species similar to the one in the photograph can be found in South Florida and the Florida Keys. Possibly the same Genus Hemerophila. MPG #2655. While living in south Florida I collected a number of them. However, Microlepidoptera was not an interest then. I mounted some and gave them to the collection at DPI which is now part of the McGuire Center. Even though they are very small, the coloring is stunning. Thanks for that very nice response, leptraps. It’s exactly what I’ve been looking for! |
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