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atlas moth

attacus atlas

Photo by RolandFadz
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Field Notes

Description:

wingspan- 24 cm

Notes:

The Atlas moth is a large saturniid moth found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia, and common across the Malay archipelago. Wikipedia,( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacus_atlas‎)

Species ID Suggestions

Lorquin's Atlas Moth

Attacus lorquinii

Comments (2)

Please include this Attacus lorquinii moth and the rest of your moth spottings to the mission "Moths in the Philippines" at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/15913873. Thanks!
Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) has a different wing pattern, RolandFadz. Though your spotting is a relative, the Attacus atlas has a small white pin marking on top of the triangular white on the forewings as in this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacus_atlas as compared to your spotting which is similar to this http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/80_BOMBYCOIDEA/06_SATURNIIDAE/05_Attacus/Attacus%20lorquinii/Attacus%20lorquinii.htm
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PublishedJuly 14, 2013

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