Limacodidae or Hepialidae, Minggre, Arfak Mountains, Papua

family Limacodidae or Hepialidae.

comments (7)

Christine Young

Lion

It might be in either the family Limacodidae or Hepialidae. Posted one year ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Hmmm, honestly not finding any in the region with a similar body type/posture. Posted one year ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    I couldn't either, but that could be from lack of data. Or, it could be in a different, but similar family. It's hard to find a moth that postures like this, but doesn't have massively hairy legs. Posted one year ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      Similar posture:
      https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65686349 Posted one year ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Cool! The photo matches strongly, as for the (draft) ID...
        
        https://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctiinae/Semicalamidia/Semicalamidia%20owgarra.htm
        
        Close, but not a full match? Posted one year ago
      2. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        No, not a match (in my opinion). The posture and overall shape look good. It could be Arctiinae>Lithosiini. But, I still think my initial suggestions are better than Lithosiini because of the fuzzy legs and antennae. I think the iNat observation is a similar species to your moth, but is incorrectly IDed. Posted one year ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Clear, will go with the initial suggestion in the title. Posted one year ago

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