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Cirrhochrista Moth

Cirrhochrista aetherialis

Photo by Juan Manuel
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18.4121, 122.135

Field Notes

Description:

20 mm wingspan; white wings festooned in brown, three inveted brown triangles.

Family: Crambidae
Genus: Cirrhochrista
Lederer, 1863

Habitat:

tropical wood, lowland

Notes:

Crambidae; ¿Cirrhochrista Sp.?

Reference Links:

BunyipCo: December 2011

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Juan Manuel
Yup, @Dave.We shall wait for more opinions. Tnx! :)
Juan Manuel
Yes @Dave, the wing looks like c. spinuella, but the body in thispic is completly white. I was thinking in c. aetherialei. Take a look, pls. http://bunyipco.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html
folicallychalled
Super image and good job on the ID. Looks like Cirrhochrista spinuella: http://mothtaiwan.blogspot.com/2010/12/cirrhochrista-spinuella-chen-song-wu.html Dave

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