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Tropical Meal Moth

Pyralis manihotalis Guenee, 1854

Photo by m.prasad.369
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Field Notes

Description:

Length: ~0.5cm
Season : Winter season
Time : 2:50pm 22Dec2021
Frequency : Very Rare
Life stage : Adult
Gender : Male (abdomen is raised up)

Habitat:

Spotted inside the car parking very close to open abandoned area with lot of plants.

Reference Links:

BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser - Pyralis manihotalis {species}

Species ID Suggestions

Tropical Meal Moth

Pyralis manihotalis

Reference Link
Ornithoptera80
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Comments (1)
m.prasad.369
Thank you Ornithoptera80! :) I have an old spotting of the same : https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/161549344
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PublishedDecember 23, 2021

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