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Noctuid moth

Plusiopalpa adrasta

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Field Notes

Description:

Brown moth; length 2.5 cm (1 inch); amazing, high 'ridges' on back; exact same white 'paint spots' on his other side.

Habitat:

Hills overlooking Manila.

Notes:

Sorry I didn't get his head in focus on the 2nd photo...

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
AnnvanWijgerden
... Shared human life as well: Just met a lady from Tasmania in the supermarket here! :-)
lori.tas
Thanks, I have this habit of here of "hey, I have a picture of one of those, let me see if I can find it." ;) I think the wikipedia entry is wrong to say that they are limited to Australia, but yes, there is a lot of shared insect life between here and the island nations to the north.
AnnvanWijgerden
Great photos! ... We seem to get a lot of insect life here from Australia, or is that my imagination?
lori.tas
I was pretty sure I had a photo of Chrysodeixis argentifera. This is what I found in a folder called "moths" : http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6814191
AnnvanWijgerden
Thanks so much lori.tas! I think you've got it! I didn't post the picture of the moth's whole back (it was such a bad photo!), but it looked much like the one on the wikipedia page.
lori.tas
Looks a lot like a Tobacco looper (Chrysodeixis argentifera), but I'm not convinced. Maybe something closely related.

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PublishedJuly 11, 2011

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