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Olethreutine Leafroller Moths (Subfamily Olethreutinae)Observer
talibzuoPlace
Missing Location
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Genus CorymicaObserver
eekbPlace
The Education University of Hong Kong - Tai Po Campus, Ting Kok, New Territories, HK (Google, OSM)
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Neoreta olgaObserver
shuandaPlace
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白顏樹 Gironniera subaequalis
Larvae looks like Oreta, but with more hairs, also the host plant is different
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Lappet Moths (Family Lasiocampidae)Observer
frogstailDescription
not quite sure
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Tropical Anomis (Anomis flava)Observer
ritafooDescription
on 肖梵天花 Urena lobata MALVACEAE錦葵科
photo on:
20220212 x 7
20220214 x 3
20220219 x 4
20220302 x 4
20220306 x 6
20220308 x 6
20220310 x 2 (prepupa in leaf nest, forming pupa in 20220312)
20220321 x 9 (adult)
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Owlet Moths and Allies (Superfamily Noctuoidea)Observer
lawrencehyltonPlace
Missing Location
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Engrailed Moths (Genus Ectropis)Observer
lawrencehyltonPlace
Missing Location
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Deoptilia heptadetaObserver
dlmohnDescription
Found two leaves of Mallotus paniuclata with obvious leaf mining & larvae present, in Shau Kei Wan on 08 Mar 2013. By the next day, the tunneled green larvae were leaving their tunnels to find pupation locations, turning bright scarlet and yellow striped. Final instars were about 5 mm long. The larvae crawled upward and formed pillow-cocoons in whatever corner they found. First eclosure was 18 Mar 2013. The moth was tiny, ~3.5-4 mm from head to wingtip. The moth has bright scarlet eyes. There were 7 larvae on the two leaves.
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Genus MelanocercopsObserver
ritafooDescription
larva, about 8mm, on Ficus sp
photo on:
20190914 x 1
20190915 x 1
20190924 x 2 (adult)
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purnenduDescription
Bomphu, 1940m, Eaglenest, Arunachal Pradesh, India, 23 April 2012
Arctid
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Genus ArctornisObserver
ritafooDescription
on 米碎花 Eurya chinensis
photo on:
20201124 x 5
20201201 x 2 (pupa and the shedded skin)
20201212 x 4 (adult)
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Streblote stupidumObserver
didierbpnDescription
This observation replaces deleted observation 101748633
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shuandaPlace
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Leaf miners of Castanopsis fissa.
wing pattern best matches but also different from Japanese speciemens
http://www.gracillariidae.net/species/show/942
Further molecular comparison needed to tell whether this is morphological variation or a new species
Three Acrocercops spp. recorded in Hong Kong, the other two are Acrocercops mantica and Acrocercops unistriata, also leaf miners of Fagacea tree, but the wing patterns are quite different
http://www.gracillariidae.net/species/pictures
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Hodebertia testalisObserver
shuandaPlace
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Leaf roller on Gymnema sylvestre,
adult photo was from rearings in April and forgot to take larvae photo, but finally got a chance to see the larvae again
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shuandaPlace
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Feed on flowers of Psychotria asiatica (山大刀)
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kt_tonDescription
As mentioned in Moths of Thailand (no. 5), a specimen of a pale greyish brown colour are common in Vietnam and SE China. Another similar species is Neodrymonia acuminata, in Taiwan and Japan.
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Acidalia divisariaObserver
pg18Description
Scopula divisaria (Christoph, 1893)
(not Scopula [Antitrygodes] divisaria (Walker, 1861)!)
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Olethreutine Leafroller Moths (Subfamily Olethreutinae)Observer
andrewhardacre
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Genus ComanaObserver
domfDescription
@hkmoths this is the AFD entry for this species https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Comana_miltochyta
and this is the LepIndex entry https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=77686&&snoc=miltochyta&search_type=contains&sort=snoc&indexed_from=1&page_no=1&page_size=30&path=advanced
