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Hooktip Moth

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27.3354, 88.6115

Field Notes

Description:

Wingspan: 50 mm.

Habitat:

Mixed forests of pines, cherry, bamboo and others. cool to warm place. Altitude: 1,700 m.

Notes:

This moth had visited our terrace light.
Looks like a Hooktip Moth, but can't differentiate from an Uranid also!

Species ID Suggestions

Hooktip moth

Nordstromia duplicata

Reference Link
Ornithoptera80
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Comments (2)
Ornithoptera80
This species could have lots of variation within this species.
DrNamgyalTSherpa
Thanks Ornithoptera80 for the ID and ref. Shades are quite different, though!

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PublishedSeptember 11, 2020

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