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Post by Ed on Jan 5, 2018 12:37:20 GMT
 ey all, I found this moth in Thailand and I would like to get an Id for it. I observed the whole life cycle but sadly didn't have a camera with me! This is a male, the female is creamy whiteish. They lay red eggs and the larvae are brown with small spines across their body, the larvae also have two large spines in their second segment. Hoefully this info could hel to get an Id? |
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Post by exoticinsects on Jan 5, 2018 13:47:41 GMT
I think it belongs to Psychidae but couldn't find the correct genus or species.
There seem to be many similar genera and I'm not familiar with these.
You can find these in Indonesia as well.
Benny
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 5, 2018 16:02:10 GMT
Nice moths ! I would be happy to see them once spread !
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Post by mcheki on Jan 5, 2018 17:15:15 GMT
Very cicada like posture. Any connections??
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Post by Ed on Jan 6, 2018 5:19:49 GMT
Nice moths ! I would be happy to see them once spread ! Sorry wollastoni, but it will be a couple years before I start spreading any my material. |
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Post by Ed on Jan 6, 2018 5:44:45 GMT
It is a Perina sp. This Genus used to be placed in Lymantriidae, but "recently" was moved to Erebidae, Superfamily Noctuoidae. The Genus seem to have 6 known species. I can not determine your specimen to species. Boldsystems place it as Erebidae; Lymantriinae; Perina The Moths of Borneo website is always a good place to start a search on SEA moths - also on Perina. Hope that helps you a bit? Jan Thanks for the Id skandinavisk, It helps more than just a "bit". I got some eggs from the females I collected, unfortunately it seems as it may be difficult for me to obtain the host. Ed |
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Post by Ed on Feb 7, 2018 14:33:09 GMT
UPDATE: The difficulty in obtaining the host plant has been overcome, turns out that the host plant(Ficus) is an extremely common ornamental here. I only managed to get two eggs from the female to hatch but they have now developed into pupae. Pictures attached, the two pupae are different sizes so hopefully Im able to get more eggs for future rearing! If anyone has accesses to this species I would be interested.  |
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Post by Ed on Feb 7, 2018 14:33:53 GMT
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Post by Ed on Feb 7, 2018 14:34:24 GMT
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Post by Ed on Feb 27, 2018 9:07:00 GMT
Nice moths ! I would be happy to see them once spread ! Guess what! I decided to spread them, here they are.  |
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ey all, 
