Scopula marginepunctata (Goeze, 1781), Mullein Wave, Roda de Barà, Spain, 16 May 2013
19 April 2012 Sessa, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India
17 April 2012 Sessa, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India
I made a little photography stand out of paper and plastic cups. Testing it out here to see if it helps get clearer pictures. It does, but it really ticks them off and I think it roughs them up a bit. On the bright side they don't fly off and the get their underside.
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Geometridae, Sterrhinae
Idaea phaeocrossa
Tai Po Kau Headland, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
17 April 2012 Sessa below watchtower, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Left Pyraloidea
right - Discoglypha cf. locupletata
Moths of Nepal plate 5
also see observation
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/230482
for another possible Discoglypha sp.
This was the closest match I could find. Idaea ptyonopoda
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hkmoths/8373521786/in/pool-hongkongmoths
I'm a little thrown off though because my observation doesn't have the fringe on the end of the winds like Idaea ptyonopoda. so I bumped it back to Geometridae.
small .75 inch.
