Can anyone help me to identify this moth to a Species, Genus or Family level?

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Rinaldo Nicoli Aldini Popular answer

As hypothesis, I suggest the family Lymantriidae. The specimen is a male.

Regards,

Rinaldo Nicoli

Gianluigi Bini

Hi Tharindu - I do not know the lepidotterofauna of the Sri Lanka, but if the specimen was European, I also would say Lymantriidae. Best, Gianluigi

Wafaa Osman

Dear Tharindu,

What a nice photo? I agree with Rinaldo that it is Lymantriid insect but I could not reach to the species yet..

Wafaa

Julian P Donahue

You can try keying it out in Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Moths, Vol. 1, Family 22, Lymantriidae, on p. 432, viewable and downloadable online at: , and perhaps checking on current names at the Global Lepidoptera Names Index at: . Not yet available on BHL, but useful if you can find a copy which will cover all species known at the time (1930s), with color figures of most, will be Seitz Macrolepidoptera of the World, most likely Vol. 10, Indo-Australian Bombyces and Sphinges.

Tharindu Ranasinghe

Dear Hareschandra,Dmitry,Stephen,Shirin,Wafaa and Julian,

Thank you very much for your valuable comments on this.

Best,

Tharindu.

Hope you could reach to the species. I want to know the name of this nice insect.

Rudolf Ritt

I had a look in A. SEITZ, Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol.10, (Indo-Australia).

I could not find a similar species there.

Dear Wafaa,

Still no luck with species or genus level. If I reach to something, will let you know for sure.

Dear Rudolf,

I have also checked in some reference books such as Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Moths. But still no luck. Could that mean, that this could be a new species?

Nuwan Chathuranga Jayawardana

Hi Tharindu,

i did some re search on your moth and came up with a possible id

Laelia sp. close for L. exclamationis - please verify!

cheers!

Nuwan.

Marcelo Kun

Hello Tharindu:

Inly for help I add this comment. Sorry but for any entomologist who does not know all the moth species from this area without photographic bibliogaphy to identificate the family of this butterfly we need to check "wing veins parcours".

Best wishes

Marcelo

it may be a new species, it may also be a species which is new introduced from an other country or it may be a species described recently. It may also be, that I am wrong.

The SEITZ is not very up-to-date, it was printed in 1934!

To decide whether this is a new species, you need a specialist, who knows the moths in your country and knows the family or genus of this specimen worldwide. And you need at least one specimen, not only as a photo.

Such a specialist may be Thomas WITT (he is on RG, but I do not know him closer). I think he would not make any desicion based only on this photo of you.

Cheers

Rudolf

Yes, It is very hard to clarify some issues. Thank you for your valuable comments. Really appreciate it.