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Grass Yellow Butterfly Moth

Tetragonus calamitus Geyer, 1832

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Field Notes

Description:

Wingspan: about 50 mm.

Habitat:

Grassy wet land, lots of small streams around it. Warm area. Altitude: about 1.000 m.

Notes:

Spotted hiding underneath a large leaf of a tree. It was drizzling most of the time.

Species ID Suggestions

Butterfly moth

Tetragonus catamitus

Comments (3)

Thanks Nuwan for the ID and the ref. So it's a moth! It's flying around middle of the day like a butterfly!

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