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Geometer moth

Antitrygodes sp.

Photo by Tiz
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Field Notes

Description:

About 30mm wingspan. It looks very similar to the Antitrygodes callibotrys, but it is not really recorded in the area. It can also be Antitrygodes dentilinea or Antitrygodes dysmorpha. Reference: http://africanmoths.com/pages/GEOMETRIDAE/STERRHINAE/sterrhinaethumbsal…

Habitat:

Found at the Mlawula Nature reserve lodge, early morning.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Tiz
Thanks for your inputs Bayucca!
bayucca
Definitely Antritrygodes sp., but down to species is tricky and I could imagine, that it is not possible or serious to go to species level with only a picture.

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PublishedNovember 16, 2013

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