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Picture Wing Moth
Microbelia canidentalis
15.456, 119.922
Field Notes
Description:
Thyrididae; Siculodinae; Microbelia canidentalis Swinhoe, 1906. This is a very small moth which, according to Wikipedia and Philippine Lepidoptera, is placed in the Thrydidae (Small mainly dayflying moths). Wiki mentions that there are more than 1000 spp. so I felt lucky when I saw some pictures in inaturalist which helped me with the identification of this one. The Thrydidae are known colloquially as Tropical Leaf Moths or Picture Wing Moths.
Habitat:
This moth was spotted on the wall of our back terrace. It must have come in from the backyard where there is an extensive variety of tropical foliage.
Notes:
According to https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy/Thyrididae, "The moths perch in a distinctive position, with the body raised, mid legs not touching the substrate, and the wings held outspread." This is exactly the position adopted by the moth in my photos, although I was not able to get a good perspective to show it.
In https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199436-Microbelia/browse_photos there are better pictures of this moth in its resting posture.
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