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Geometrid Moth

Tricentrogyna sp.

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Description:

This is the smallest Moth I have taken pictures of, not much more than 2mm.
When you look at it it looked like a piece of gold leaf, but as I looked at the pictures, the camera sees a pattern and it is yellow and rust color.

Species ID Suggestions

Geometrid Moth

Tricentrogyna sp.

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Comments (8)
bayucca
Thanks, Philip and good job! Would you now suggest that we take this one as Eois sp. (which I would definitely agree with) or keep my former compromise of the subfamily?
PhilipBarnette
We have had some trouble with the Lophosis vs Eois vs Tricentrogyna (and I'm sure some more. There are many on BOLD that seem to be placed across a couple of genera...making our ID's that much more difficult. I recently found this particular moth in Eois. http://boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=482327
bayucca
I suggest that you take Geometrid Moth as common name and Sterrhinae as scientific name. The rest need a re-check anyway...
bayucca
Thanks and I guess you meant 2 cm not 2 mm?!
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
It was so tiny I had a hard time with the pictures, I will add 2 more but I do not know if that will help.... I can not seem to find this Moth anywhere but it should be listed as a "Miniature Moth".... : )
bayucca
Geometridae, Sterrhinae, looks like being a Tricentrogyna sp.. Do you have any other picture of this one?

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PublishedOctober 20, 2013

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