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Fruit piercing moth - male

Eudocima hypermnestra

Photo by sunnyjosef
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Field Notes

Description:

Moth of about 40mm length. Flew in through the window at night and landed on the lampshade.

Notes:

Do not know the ID. Well camouflaged with leaf like pattern on wings.

Species ID Suggestions

Fruit piercing moth - male

Eudocima hypermnestra

Reference Link
NuwanChathuranga
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Comments (2)
sunnyjosef
Thank you Nuwan for the positive ID... and venusflytrap2000 for your suggestion and comment...
Caleb Steindel
Judging by the third image, i would guess Noctua genus. Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctua_(moth) and I also spotted a noctua species, noctua pronuba: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/25938073 . Great series by the way sunny!
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PublishedMay 23, 2014

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