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Field Notes

Description:

Wingspan: 72mm.

Species ID Suggestions

Geometrid Moth

Thinopteryx sp.

Reference Link
bayucca
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Comments (4)
DrNamgyalTSherpa
Thanks a lot bayucca for the ID and the exhaustive references. I'll get back to it later.
bayucca
I think it is either Thinopteryx delectans or Thinopteryx nebulosa, both look almost identical and I cannot separate the 2 species on a safe base. Nebulosa: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/services/media-store/asset/3df2219c887a60d76dfb2f9a68956791b2c41653/contents/preview?_ga=2.82678997.259491347.1564760618-1751736032.1535370486 https://www.nhm.ac.uk/services/media-store/asset/38cff20bb7eb78948090a0bb42434c20418db509/contents/preview?_ga=2.82678997.259491347.1564760618-1751736032.1535370486 https://www.nhm.ac.uk/services/media-store/asset/1a4c7668f57ac277293fe04984a6354eda4a9c32/contents/preview?_ga=2.82678997.259491347.1564760618-1751736032.1535370486 http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/GWORK/BC_ZSM_Lep_73808%2B1424362924.JPG Delectans: http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/GWORB/BC_ZSM_Lep_02928%2B1009839600.JPG http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=98772
bayucca
I change my ID!! To risky for getting down to species level...
bayucca
Geometridae, Ennominae, Thinopteryx cf. delectans.

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