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Emerald Geometer moth

Hemithea tritonaria

Photo by m.prasad.369
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Field Notes

Description:

Measurements : ~3cm x 1.5cm
Season : Winter season
Time : 2:20am 02Dec2020
Frequency : rare
Life stage : adult

Habitat:

Spotted inside the car parking very close to open abandoned area with lot of plants

Notes:

Some moth species from Genus Hemithea. Close matches: H. marina, H.aestivaria and H.tritonaria etc. Experts confirmation is required.

Reference Links:

Observations · iNaturalist

Species ID Suggestions

Emerald Geometer moth

Hemithea tritonaria

Reference Link
Ornithoptera80
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Comments (2)
m.prasad.369
Ornithoptera80, Thank you for the id suggestion! :)
m.prasad.369
Okay but how could you finalize? I see all above species are visually very similar. BTW, below link show another similar species H.spp - https://www.mothsofindia.org/#!/tx/356882-Hemithea
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2021

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