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Lithosiinid tigermoth

Cyme (Lyclene) sp.

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

A tigermoth from the tribe Lithosiini (Family Erebidae).

Habitat:

Spotted in a large semi-urban yard & garden near a disturbed patch of remnant lowland tropical forest.

Notes:

Looks very much like Cyme (Lyclene) reticulata but there are 18 species from this genus in Papua, and images for comparison have not been located yet. I'm playing it conservatively.

Reference Links:

Lyclene reticulata, Papua Insects Foundation (Lepidoptera/Erebidae/[Arctiidae]Arctiinae)

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Comments (11)
KarenL
Congrats Scott, your moth is featured in the Project Noah blog - https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/posts/10153048903985603
Scott Frazier
Thanks J, yes an oversight, done! Thanks Adarsha!
Jacob Gorneau
What a beautiful moth Scott! Could you add this to my mission, "Moths of the World?" Thank you very much. Here is the link to my mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841449
Scott Frazier
Thanks. I found links for Lyclene reticulata/Cyme reticulata and it certainly looks like that. But what I wanted to do was find images for some or all of the other 17 species of the genus in Papua, 5 of which are endemic, before I call it that species :-)
AgnesAdiqueTalavera
Here's a link from the BOLDsystems about Lyclene reticulata - http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=20639. I'm researching for a similar spotting from the Philippines (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8522304) when I saw your spotting.

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Biota of S. Frazier's Yard at Sentani, Papua, Indonesia

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PublishedFebruary 4, 2012

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