Other Moths and Unidentified Moths



Lepidoptera - Ditrysia - Pyraloidea, Lasiocampoidea, Zygaenoidea, etc.
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Unidentified Lepidopterans are found here.
(L) stands for Larva.

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Pidorus glaucopis or Hotaruga <Zygaenidae>. photo: 09/2002, Tokyo, Japan. Unidentified moth (L). photo: 05/2002, Nagano, Japan.
Unidentified moth. photo: 11/2003, Tokyo, Japan.

Palpita nigropunctalis, or Maeaka Sukashi No-meiga <Crambidae>. photo: 03/2004, Tokyo, Japan.
Orthopygia glaucinalis, or Futasuji Shima Meiga, probably <Pyralidae>. photo: 04/2004, Tokyo, Japan.
Unidentified moth. photo: 04/2004, Gunma, Japan.

Hypsopygia regina [1], or Tobiiro Shimameiga <Pyralidae>. photo: 05/2004, Tokyo, Japan.
Malacosoma neustria (L) or Obi Kareha <Lasiocampidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.
Psychostrophia melanargia [1][2], or Kinmon Ga <Epicopeiidae>. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan.

Hypsopygia regina [2], or Tobiiro Shimameiga <Pyralidae>. photo: 06/2004, Tokyo, Japan.
Unidentified moth (L). photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname. Unidentified moth. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname.

Spoladea recurvalis [1], or Shiroobi Nomeiga <Crambidae>. photo: 04/2005, Tokyo, Japan.
A Longhorned Fairy Moth [1][2], Hosoobi higenaga or Nemophora aurifera. <Adelidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan. Anania funebris [1][2], or Shiromon Kuro Nomeiga, probably <Crambidae>. photo: 06/2005, Nagano, Japan.

Erasmia pulchella, or Satsuma Nishiki <Zygaenidae>. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. A Longhorned Fairy Moth, or Nemophora sp. <Adelidae>. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Unidentified moth (L). photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.

Unidentified moth (L). photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Unidentified moth. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. A Plume Moth, Budou Toriba or Nippoptilia vitis, probably <Pterophoridae>. photo: 07/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

Unidentified moth. photo: 08/2005, Cape Cross, Namibia. A Plume Moth, Budou Toriba or Nippoptilia vitis, probably <Pterophoridae>. photo: 10/2005, Tokyo, Japan. Spoladea recurvalis [2], or Shiroobi Nomeiga <Crambidae>. photo: 10/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

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hemiptera : cicadas & leafhoppers || true bugs | water striders
orthoptera : crickets | grasshoppers
dictyoptera : praying mantis | cockroaches | termites
odonata : dragonflies | damselflies
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