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horace2264
31-Mar-2024, 06:23 PM
Any idea on the ID of this small moth?

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Psyche
08-Apr-2024, 07:56 PM
Nacoleia species.

There is very little on Crambidae .
There used to be a website on Pyralids of Borneo, a beta version which have now been removed.

There are other sightings.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192900849
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177940673
This is probably the female. Correction: Probably N. biformis. Note rounded discal spots.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30474212

Same species from Fraser's Hill.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4628160

Different subspecies or species from Kinabalu.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8532067

Can't be N. biformis.
http://gaga.biodiv.tw/9708bx/771.htm


TL Seow: Cheers.

horace2264
11-Apr-2024, 10:10 AM
Many thanks, Dr Seow for the moth ID. :)