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Ricanula trimaculata, Nimbokrang, Papua A quick smartphone snap. Looks similar to Ricanula pulverosa, but I'm not confident it's a full match. Australia (continent),Geotagged,Indonesia,New Guinea,Nimbokrang,Papua,Papua 2023,Ricanula trimaculata,Spring,West Papua,Western New Guinea

Ricanula trimaculata, Nimbokrang, Papua

A quick smartphone snap. Looks similar to Ricanula pulverosa, but I'm not confident it's a full match.

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Christine Young

Lion

Ricanula trimaculata has the white markings near the end of the wings.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144454812

This one is only IDed to genus, but might also be trimaculata:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181308053 Posted one year ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Wow, I may have missed that one because its appearance is so variable:
  https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/178404730
  
  Thanks a lot! Posted one year ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Gorgeous! It reminds me of bottled sand art:
    https://makezine.com/article/craft/unbelievable-bottled-sand-art-from-the-1800s/ Posted one year ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Yes, exactly! Posted one year ago

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The Ricanula trimaculata

Ricanula trimaculata is a planthopper in the Ricanula genus.

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Similar species: True Bugs

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Dec 11, 2023. Captured Oct 12, 2023 10:11 in C4R9+PJ Bunyom, Jayapura Regency, Papua, Indonesia.

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