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metalmark moth
Choreutis lutescens
-2.56279, 140.504
Field Notes
Description:
A very tiny (5 - 10 mm TL) metalmark moth so named from the metalic scales which create a distinct "mark" on the wings (as clearly seen in the above specimen). This group of moths occurs worldwide. It is of the family Choreutidae, and looks like Choreutis lutescens ( http://www.entu.cas.cz/png/TamtiaiBiocon06.pdf and http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=22020 ) but it is also very similar to Choreutis metallica ( http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_daymoths/MetallicaMoth.htm and http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/chor/metallica.html ).
Habitat:
Observed on betel vine (Piper betle) growing off a mango tree in a large semi-urban yard & garden from a disturbed remnant patch of forest in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
Notes:
The fourth image may represent a second individual in the same location at the same time.
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