Subject: Moth id
Location: Southern Portugal
December 9, 2016 2:41 pm
Could you id this moth for me please. I’ve had no success elsewhere.
The photo was taken in southern Portugal in May.
Signature: David B
Dear David,
Perhaps our readership will have better luck identifying this lovely, orange, diurnal moth since our initial search has not produced an answer for you. We searched both Encyclopedia of Life Moths of Portugal and The Lepidoptera of Portugal. We suspect this moth is either in one of the following families: Geometridae, Pyralidae, or Crambidae.
I don’t think it’s Pyraloidea because of the antennae. Naturdata is a good source from Portugal, I think it can be a Lythria http://naturdata.com/taxa/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Lythria this image may explain the coloration: http://r.a.r.e.free.fr/interactif/photos%20sterrhinae/sanguinaria.jpg
Thanks so much for the links Cesar.