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Field Notes

Description:

Handmaiden moth ( Amata cyssea) ?

Species ID Suggestions

Handmaiden Moth

Amata cyssea

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bayucca
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Nine-Spotted moth

Amata phegea

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Mark Ridgway
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Comments (6)
bayucca
Erebidae, Arctiinae, Amata cyssea. http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=104441 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ian_wongkar/5684301196/ http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16232129 http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=96910 https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/35965012 http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7810657
kadavoor
Thanks Argybee; photo of Amata sperbius looks similar to me. The one with three red bands is Euchromia polymena; not Amata cyssea.
Mark Ridgway
and another... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6526615
Mark Ridgway
this one is more like yours... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7619166
Mark Ridgway
Good find kadavoor. The only other Amata cyssea here has three red bands and yellow spots on the wings.. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8966352

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