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Cimeliomorpha cymbalora (Olethreutine Leafroller Moths). Photographed at Mancotta Tea Estate, Assam, India on 20 April 2023.

only Hydriomena in the East that can be IDed without dissection; told by reddish scales overall.

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Habrosyne pyritoides (Buff Arches). Photographed at Pegwell Village, Kent, UK on 9 July 2012.

iNat_IJS_542_Iotaphora iridicolor, Butler 1880

Sthenopis purpurascens (Four-spotted Ghost Moth). Photographed along the Detour Lake Mine Road, Cochrane District, Ontario on 9 July 2021.

Gavara velutina (Slug Caterpillar Moths). Photographed at Fish Eagle Point, Tanga, Tanzania on 11 November 2021.

Puncha ratzeburgi?

Reared.

Location: Makunda Christian Hospital, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 28th April 2021

Afternoon morph

New to me. Very shy. On redbud. Wonder if it’s what’s chewing holes in the new leaves.

The reddish suffusion over the post medial band makes this the only Hydriomena speices reliably IDed by photo in the east.

Pityeja histrionaria (Geometer Moths). Photographed at the Wayqecha Cloud Forest Biological Station, Cusco Department, Peru on 20 October 2014.

Symphlebia ipsea (Tiger Moths). Photographed at the Dusky Starfrontlet Reserve, Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia on 6 February 2010.

Evius aurococcinea (Tiger Moths). Photographed at Arrierito Antioqueño ProAves Reserve, Colombia on 30 January 2010.

Perola laopepe (Slug Caterpillar Moths). Photographed at Arrierito Antioqueño ProAves Reserve, Colombia on 30 January 2010.

Feigeria herilia (Thermesini). Photographed at El Paujil ProAves Reserve, Santander, Colombia on 26 January 2010.

Speiredonia obscura (Erebidae). Photographed at Syoubri village, West Papua, Indonesia on 19 October 2016.