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Orange moth with white bands, Ranomafana, Madagascar About 2cm in width. Overall brown/bright orange speckled patterns. Two explicit white horizontal lines across the wings with a dark outline. Africa,LepiLED,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Ranomafana National Park,World Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Orange moth with white bands, Ranomafana, Madagascar

About 2cm in width. Overall brown/bright orange speckled patterns. Two explicit white horizontal lines across the wings with a dark outline.

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    Christine Young
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    Awesome! It has some similarities to Drepanogynis sp., but I don't see a match. Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      lol searching for Drepanogynis brings me right back to this page, because you suggested it and Google has indexed that :)

      I'm thinking overall body shape could be a match with that, just trying to find a specific example that is close. I think this is the first explicitly attractive moth and was hoping for it to be easy. Nope, bloody hell MDG moths are HARD!       Posted 6 years ago
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        Christine Young
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        I know it! I assumed this would be *easy* to ID. I'm feeling nearly clueless with these Madagascan moths. Posted 6 years ago
        1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
          Ferdy Christant
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          I have the same feeling lol, identification rate of....say....1%? Posted 6 years ago
          1. View Christine Young's profile
            Christine Young
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            Haha, exactly! It's 99% guess, 0.5% probable, and 0.5% confidence. Posted 6 years ago
            1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
              Ferdy Christant
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              FB update: Idiodes sp. Posted 5 years ago
              1. View Christine Young's profile
                Christine Young
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                Looks good! Posted 5 years ago

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Uploaded Sep 10, 2019. Captured Jul 13, 2019 19:08.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/10.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm

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