Lepidoptera in and near my Home
Moth:
27/07/2020
Geometer moth, Chiasmia nora or Semiothisa eleonora ?????
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| Species: | C. nora |
Males are known to feed from mammalian body fluids. It was observed to drink the droplets exuded from the anus of a mosquito while it was sucking blood from a water buffalo.[3][4]
Geometer means when the larvae is inchworm type…
Geo means earth meter means they are measuring the earth inch by inch....
Size: aprox 40
24/08/2020
This moth was found dead in our society..
The larvae feed primarily on plants of blackberries (Rubus fruticosus agg.), but also the willow (Salix), वाळुंज broom (Genista), Lythrum Richen (Lythrum), pomegranate (Punica), Ricinus (Ricinus communis) and (Parietaria).
Dysgonia algira, the passenger, or
Dysgonia stuposa Fabricius
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/235458
Size: wing span 30-40mm aprox
10/09/2020
16/08/2020
Tussar Silk Moth
Antheraea mylitta Drury 1773ACCEPTED
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Antheraea |
commonly as the tasar silkworm and vanya silkworm
Mulberry silk moth looks different than this, and this larvae is killed inside the cocoon to extract silk. but this perticular wild silk moth, the adult emerges from the cocoon and then the cocoon is extracted for silk production.
This silk moth is feeds on Anogeissus latifolia धावडा, , Terminalia tomentosa,आईन, T. arjuna (Terminalia arjuna)अर्जुन, , and Madhuca indica मोह. trees which are ample on Mhatoba tekdi, but why we are noticing them only this year is the question. And that to they are found dead several(3) times.
Size: wing span 100-120mm approx
In month of August and September I saw these moths many times, maximum time I found them dead and laying on floor
14/09/2020
Miresa Sp (Cup Moth)
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Zygaenoidea |
| Family: | Limacodidae |
Limacodidae family
they are called slug moth as their larvae resembles to them or Cup moth because of the shape of cocoon.
The Limacodidae family larvae feeds on wide variety of plants, mainly trees and shrubs such as coconut palm (Elaeis, Cocos), banana (Musa, Musaceae), coffee (Coffea, Rubiaceae), tea (Camellia, Theaceae), cocoa (Theobroma, Sterculiaceae), Citrus various (Rutaceae), mango (Mangifera, Anacardiaceae), and rambutan (Nephelium, Sapindaceae).
Near my window I have many coconut, mango, citrous trees for them....
http://mothsofkeralawingedangels.blogspot.com/2015/09/
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/35399021
https://drkrishi.com/miresa-moth/
This was amazing moth I have ever seen.
Very much hairy…. With glowing brown wings, was sitting in three different positions (asanas J)
30/09/2020
Observation: this was white transparent moth, with green veins
Size approximately 25mm
Arctornis
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Arctornis |
| Species: | A. submarginata |
family Erebidae
The larvae have been recorded feeding on bamboo and other hosts. They are a potential pest of tea.[1] They defoliate their host plant.
https://indiabiodiversity.org/group/IndianMoths/observation/show/15924526?lang=en
16/10/2020
16/10/2020
Aemene taprobanis
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Aemene |
| Species: | A. taprobanis |
family Erebidae. in superfamily Noctuoidea.
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/268828
16/10/2020
Glyphodes bivitralis Guenée
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| Species: | G. bivitralis |
16/10/2020
Oeonistis entella
family Erebidae
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/268592
15/10/2020
Juniper-twig geometer or Superfamily Geometroidea f Geometridae????
Size: wing span less than 20mm approx
10/08/2019
Size: wing span 20-30mm approx
26/09/2020
Size: wing span less tha 20mm approx
Superfamily geometroidea
Observation: sometimes this moth seats like half butterfly position, wings not widely open but half fold half open.
We have observed two different sizes of these moths, one was smaller than 20mm. and another with about 30mm wing span.
28/11/2019
Size: wing span 50mm approx
Oxydia geometridae???
Observation: this was a leaf imitating, when observed closely then only we came to know that this is a moth..
12/07/2020
Size: wing span 30mm aprox
Superfamily Noctuoidea???
These moths hold their wings tent like over their bodies
One reason why noctuids are called "owlet" moths is that their eyes reflect a light shone on them at night.
Noctuid moths have an interesting adaptation to defend against bats, their chief predators. a noctuid moth can hear the pulses of ultrasonic sound made by bats, and fly erratically — diving or cartwheeling — right before a bat swoops to get it.
07/09/2020
Size: wing span less than 20mm approx.
01/08/2020
Size: wing span 30mm aprox
20/06/2020
29/10/2019
28/10/2019
11/09/2020
11/10/2020
10/08/2019
Size: wing span 20mm aprox
Pyraloidae, f Crambidae/Pyralidae:- because of the placement of antennae and shape of the snout???
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| Species: | E. hypermnestra |
Dendrophthoe falcata
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Dendrophthoe |
| Species: | D. falcata |
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