#crambidae

[herpsandbirds]

Purple-edged Crambid Moth (Pitama hermesalis), family Crambidae, Borneo

photograph by Valentin Golubkov

[onenicebugperday]

Male margined green pearl moth, Parotis marginata, Crambidae

Note: The bristles at the end of the abdomen are a structure known as a hair-pencil. Hair-pencils are found on male Lepidopterans and used for pheromone signaling. The pheromones secreted from the hair-pencil glands serve as an aphrodisiac and tranquilizer for females, and sometimes as a repellent for males of the same species. The hair-pencil structure is stored inside the body until courtship begins, at which time it is everted.

Photographed in New South Wales by dhobern

[moths-daily]

Have you done Cynaeda dentalis? They are beautiful and mimic the dry seedheads of Dactylis glomerata (Cocksfoot Grass)

Moth Of The Day #277

Cynaeda dentalis

From the crambidae family. They have a wingspan of 19-22 mm. They can be found in Europe, Jordan, Turkey and Cape Verde.

Image sources: [1] [2]

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

This very cool orange caterpillar is the Dogbane Saucrobotys (Saucrobotys futilalis). I typically see congregations of this species on the dogbane in my yard. This one was flying solo, perhaps because it was so close to pupating. Still eatin' tho! :-)

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: AUGUST 3RD, 2023 | Image IDs: Two photos of a black and white crambid moth on a yellow lightbulb. The light is creating a sort of beaming effect around the moth, contrasting with darkness around it /End IDs.]

WOE, LAMP UPON YE

[rattyexplores]

Golden Crambid Moths

Neargyria argyraspis

21/03/23

[pogomcl]

Straw-barred Pearl, Pyrausta despicata Canon 7D EFA 60 2.8 f/2.8 1/125 iso: 500 Prague, Czech Republic 8/2/2018

[drhoz]

#2100 & 2101 - Brachychiton populneus & Dichocrocis clytusalis - Kurrajong & Kurrajong Bag Moth

The common names drives from Carrejun and carrejan - the indigenous names of the trees in the Blue Mountains foothills near Sydney. Brachychiton refers to the 'short tunics' of the seeds.

Kurrajongs are Australian trees in the same family as Hibiscus, with water-storing trunks and leaves that may be up to 9-lobed, or simple with pendulous tips as here. It grows in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, from wetter areas and out into dry country, but has become somewhat invasive in SW Australia where it was introduced as an ornamental.

Indigenous peoples used the tree's seeds as food when cleaned and roasted, the seed pods as toys, the soft spongey wood as a water source and for shields, and the bark as a source of fibre. Apparently the seeds can also be used as a coffee substitute, if you're desperate.

The moths responsible for the object in the second photo are also known as Kurrajong Leaf-tiers, from their habit of binding leaves together with silk (often comunally) and emerge at night to skeletonise them. They also feed on Brachychiton rupestris (the Queensland Bottle Tree) and Brachychiton acerifolium (Flame Tree). Both species, like the Kurrajong, are popular oranmental trees, making the moths a bit of a problem for saplings, if they occur in large numbers.

The adult is photographed below, by Donald Hobern

[sandpaperoctopi]

moths!

[phyto-telma]

Nevrina procopia ハグルマノメイガ

2019, Japan

[herpsandbirds]

Green Crambid Moth (Parotis sp.), family Crambidae, Malaysia

photograph by David Fischer

[onenicebugperday]

Zebra pearl moth, Dichocrocis zebralis, Crambidae

Found in South and Southeast Asia

Photo 1 by batfish, 2 by lawrencehylton, 3-4 by pauldickson, and 5-7 by sashahaldane,

[moths-daily]

Moth Of The Day #279

Eurrhypis pollinalis

From the crambidae family. They have a wingspan of 28-33 mm. They tend to inhabit warm and sunny places. They can be found southern and central Europe.

Image sources: [1] [2]

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

I have a ton of these orange mint moths (Pyrausta orphisalis) in my yard because I grow over a dozen different types of mint and related herbs in the Lamiaceae. Always a treat to see one because they are so beautiful!

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTO TAKEN: JULY 20TH, 2023 | Image ID: A photo of a brown, white, and black grape leaffolder moth in a spider web with a grey surface in the background /End IDs.]

[rattyexplores]

Photo 1 - Cyme quadrilineata / Photo 2 - Schistophleps albida

Photo 3 - Plectophila sp. / Photo 4 - Philobota sp.

Photo 5 - Batrachedra sp. / Photo 6 - Stathmopoda auriferella

Photo 7 - Hypenodinae sp. / Photo 8 - Crambidae sp.

Moths spotted in a small country town. Any found IDs will be added to this post.

08/09/23 - Lepidoptera

QLD:CQC - Mackay, in city