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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:27 am
by Richprins
Help Identify
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:17 pm
by AndrewKearney1
Good evening
Anyone have an idea on this species of moth. I have only seen it 3 times in 17 years. Eastern Cape. Just outside port Elizabeth.
Re: Help Identify
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:46 pm
by RogerFraser

Andrew
Welcome to the forum .I will move your post here where the members are more likely to be able to assist you .
viewtopic.php?f=247&t=1423&start=440
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:57 pm
by Klipspringer

Andrew
This moth was only described in 2015.
It is a male Porphyry. Terastia africana, family Crambidae
https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... f_Terastia
Re: Help Identify
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:02 pm
by AndrewKearney1
Thanks a mill. Appreciate. I managed to find it. It is a crambid called Terastia meticulosalis. You will find it where there are Erythrina species.
Re: Help Identify
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:28 pm
by RogerFraser

Great to hear .
Re: Help Identify
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:08 pm
by Klipspringer
AndrewKearney1 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:02 pm
Thanks a mill. Appreciate. I managed to find it. It is a crambid called Terastia meticulosalis. You will find it where there are Erythrina species.
It's actually its African cousin.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2021 4:55 pm
by Richprins
Small butterfly, 3cm.
Marloth, May.

Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 4:25 pm
by Klipspringer
Probably Colotis vesta
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:50 pm
by Richprins

Klippies!
