Insecta: Lepidoptera
Noctuidae, Hadeninae
Yepcalphis dilectissima
Sha Lo Tung, Tai Po, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Boletobiinae, Aventiinae
Cerynea discontenta Galsworthy, 1998
Sha Lo Tung, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
So far, this species has only been recorded from Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Crambidae, Spilomelinae
Tabidia species indeterminate c.f. obvia
Sha Lo Tung, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Taxonomically close to Tabidia obvia, this moth has only been seen at Sha Lo Tung and Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden.
at light, Sha Lo Tung, Tai Po, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Boletobiinae, Aventiinae
Corgatha species indeterminate
Sha Lo Tung, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
This species, so far only known from Sha Lo Tung, appears not to match any known Corgatha species, though it is clearly allied to species in this genus, such as C. costinotalis.
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Lecithoceridae, Lecithoceinae
Deltoplastis species, unidentified.
Sha Lo Tung, Tai Po, Hong Kong
This is a new record for Hong Kong.
Insecta: Odonata
Pantala flavescens (Wandering Glider)
up close at the light trap - Sha Lo Tung, Tai Po, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Eublemminae
Honeyania ragusana (=Eublemma ragusana)
Sha Lo Tung, Tai Po, Hong Kong
at light, Sha Lo Tung, Tai Po, Hong Kong
at light, Sha Lo Tung, Tai Po, Hong Kong; one of only three sites for this recent HK colonist
Chlumetia transversa
Euteliidae, Euteliinae
Pantala flavescens - Wondering Glider - a common visitor to HK; this species has one of the longest migrations of any animal; from East Asia all the way to southern Africa.
Yepcalphis dilectissima - Noctuidae, Noctuinae incertae sedis - one of the more spectacularly patterned moths in Hong Kong
the little and large ... small = Honeyana ragusana (Erebidae, Boletobiinae); large = Asota heliconia (Erebidae, Aganainae); the latter are Ficus feeders, both as larvae and adults (who suck the juice from ripe figs)
Carea varipes
Nolidae, Chloephorinae, Careini
larvae of this species feed on Rhodomyrtus tomentosa; they have a curiously swollen thorax . . . see http://www.flickr.com/photos/hkmoths/2053551253/
