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DJHiker
21-Mar-2016, 12:24 AM
I would very much appreciate if someone can help me with the identification of a couple of moth that I photographed during a trip to Central- and Northern Thailand in January 2016.

photo 1:
location: Phayao, lake side
tentative id.: Chiasmia fidoneata
23777

photo 2:
location: Nakhon Sawan, river side
tentative id.: ?, unidentified micro moth
23778

photo 3:
location: Kanchanaburi, river side
tentative id.: Amata cf. sperbius
23779

photo 4:
location: Kaeng Krachan NP
tentative id.: Hyblaea sp.
23780

photo 5:
location: Kaeng Krachan NP
tentative id.: Stathmopoda sp.
23781

Thanks in advance for any replies.

David
Psyche
21-Mar-2016, 11:14 AM
3. Matches Amata sperbius correctly.

As ID'ed by moth specialist Roger Kendrick in HK.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326106

TL Seow: Cheers.
Psyche
21-Mar-2016, 10:34 PM
1. Chiasmia fidoneata looks right.
The darh patch on the FW band varies & may not be pronounced.
http://www.pbase.com/andrew57/image/125265289

TL Seow :Cheers.
Psyche
21-Mar-2016, 10:44 PM
4. Hyblaea puera.
A pest of teak tree & relatively common.
The FW subapical margin lacks the white patch of H. constellata.
The upperside is widely variable.
http://nature.berkeley.edu/~oboyski67/Lepidoptera/images/Hyblaea_puera_PTO_900_37.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7283/8738504944_30c899b3c3_b.jpg
http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/d/19065-2/hyblaea_puera_01.jpg

TL Seow : Cheers.
Psyche
22-Mar-2016, 01:21 AM
No idea what the two micro moths , no. 2 & 5 should be.
Not sure if 5 is Stathmopoda.
All Stathmopoda seen have thinner antennae.

TL Seow : Cheers.
Psyche
22-Mar-2016, 09:27 PM
No. 5 Eretmocella cf impactella.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hkmoths/16799412939/in/album-72157616900373998/
Psyche
22-Mar-2016, 10:19 PM
No. 2 is probably a Tortricid.
The thick black antennae, the unusual pebbly ground patterning; & the black banded legs are very similar to this.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hkmoths/2132193253/in/album-72157616809290427/

TL Seow:Cheers.

PS. There is no match in the Online World Catalogue of Tortricidae , so it can't be a Tortricid.
Psyche
23-Mar-2016, 07:44 PM
No. 2 Phycodes minor , Brachodidae.
http://www.hkwildlife.net/Forum/viewthread.php?tid=3485
DJHiker
24-Mar-2016, 12:14 AM
Dr. Seow, thank you very much for your expert advice.
Cheers,
David