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Insecta: Lepidoptera
Geometridae, Ennominae, Macariini
Psamatodes abydata
Wu Kau Tang, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Pyralidae, Phycitinae
Epicrocis hilarella
Fung Yuen Nature Reserve, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini
Cyana alborosea
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley,
Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
This is a plant hopper, probably the Green Face Gum Hopper (Platbrachys decemmacula). It was found on a Forest Red Gum on the Fence Run Out track. I can't be certain, but I believe the nymph (twin tails) is the same species. Nymphs and adults are plant-feeders, sucking the sap of the host tree.
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Pangraptinae
Egnasia seclusalis
Tai Po Kau Headland, New Territories, Hong Kong
recorded during a "National Moth Week" event
Insecta, Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Boletobiinae
Hyposada kadooriensis
Kadoorie Institute, Shek Kong Centre
New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Lymantriinae
Aroa substrigosa ♂
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Boletobiinae, "Saroba Group"
Saroba pustulifera
Wong Lung Hang Road, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Tortricidae, Tortricinae
Homona sp. cf. magnanima
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Erebinae, Poaphilini
Bastilla fulvotaenia
Tai Po Kau Headland, New Territories, Hong Kong
recorded during a "National Moth Week" event
The hives seemed active today, so I couldn't resist. I did notice only a couple have the yellow face, majority are as above.
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Geometridae, Ennominae, Boarmiini
Cleora injectaria
Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong
This is the smallest and most delicate of the four Cleora species found in Hong Kong. It is one of the most abundant species found in Mai Po, probably the most common geometrid. As is typical of Lepidoptera where a large population occurs, there are a number of forms of this species; the commonest being the typical "plain" form and the banded "mangrove" form. Some individuals have the medial band coloured white rather than grey.
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Carqadrinini, Athetina
Athetis stellulata
Tai Yueng Che, Lam Tsuen Valley. Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Sphingidae, Smerinthinae
Amplypterus panopus
Tai Po Kau Headland, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Geometridae, Ennominae, Boarmiini
Psilalcis galsworthyi
Tai Yueng Che, Lam Tsuen Valley. Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
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Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Erebinae
Sympis rufibasis
Tai Po Kau Headland, New Territories, Hong Kong
recorded during a "National Moth Week" event
Class=Insecta
Order=Orthoptera
Family=Tettigoniidae
Genus=Chlorobalius
Species=C.leucoviridis
binomial name=Chlorobalius leucoviridis
Common Name=Spotted Predatory Katydid
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Tortricidae, Tortricinae
Homona species indeterminate
(a male)
this species has been recorded several times at Mai Po. but remains to be formally identified. It may be polymorphic, which is hindering attempts to i.d. based on external morphology.
Mai Po Nature Reserve
New Territories
Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Lasiocampidae
Odonestis vita
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Plutellidae
Plutella xylostella
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Sphingidae, Macroglossinae
Acosmeryx anceus
Wong Lung Hang Road, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Boletobiinae
Lopharthrum comprimens
Tai Po Kau Headland, New Territories, Hong Kong
recorded during a "National Moth Week" event
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Syrphidae
Subfamily:Syrphinae
Tribe:Syrphini
Genus:Episyrphus
Species:E. balteatus
Binomial name
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus, sometimes called the marmalade hoverfly, is a relatively small hoverfly (9–12 mm) of the Syrphidae family, widespread throughout the Palaearctic region, which covers Europe, North Asia and North Africa. The upper side of the abdomen is patterned with orange and black bands. Two further identification characters are the presence of secondary black bands on the third and fourth dorsal plates and faint greyish longitudinal stripes on the thorax. Its color patterns may appear wasp-like to other animals, such as birds, protecting it from predation.
E. balteatus can be found throughout the year in various habitats, including urban gardens, visiting flowers for pollen and nectar. They often form dense migratory swarms, which may cause panic among people for their resemblance to wasps. It is among the very few species of flies capable of crushing pollen grains and feeding on them[citation needed]. The larva is terrestrial and feeds on aphids.
As in most other hoverflies, males can be easily identified by their holoptic eyes, i.e., left and right compound eyes touching at the top of their heads
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Copróg Bheag [IRL]
Cuivré commun [F]
Kleine Feuerfalter [D]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Lycaenidae
Genus:Lycaena
Species:L. phlaeas
Subspecies: L.p.hibernica
Binomial name
Lycaena phlaeas
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Several habitats, gardens, hedgerows, grasslands.
Common in most regions.
Common sorrel.
26-32mm (1.02 inches)
The Small Copper is fairly common in Ireland. It is a fast flyer that will occassionally visit gardens but is usually found in fields, hedgerows and woodland edges.
It has shiny copper wings with black dashes. Some specimums have small blue dots on the wings close to the body.
Lycaena phlaeas, the small copper, American copper, or common copper, is a butterfly of the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged butterfly family. According to Guppy and Shepard (2001), its specific name phlaeas is said to be derived either from the Greek phlego, "to burn up" or from the Latin floreo, "to flourish".
Near Peach Springs, Mojave County, Arizona, USA.
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Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Erebinae, Acantholipini
Ugia insuspecta
Bride's Pool Road, Wu Kau Tang, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Erebinae
Artena dotata
Tai Po Kau Headland, New Territories, Hong Kong
recorded during a "National Moth Week" event
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. icarus
Binomial name
Polyommatus icarus
Habitat: The common Blue is widespread and common.
It is double brooded.
Larval Food Plant: Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Flight Time: Mid-May to mid-August/September
Hibernation: Overwinters as a larva.
The upperwings of the male Common Blue are a pale violet-blue with a silvery-blue colour towards the body.
The upperwings of the female varies from brown to deep violet-blue and have a series of black-bordered orange cresent shaped marks at the outer margins.
Both sexes have a distinctive clear white fringe.
The underside of the male is grey with a silvery-blue at the base which is more marked on the hindwings. There are a series of white-ringed black spots followed by a series of orange spots at the outer margins. There are similar white-bordered black spots and a white-bordered black bar more medially.
The ground colour of the female's underwings are brown and slightly bolder in colour than the males, often with more well developed orange spots, which are larger and more pronounced.
Life Cycle of the Common Blue
Ovum:
The small white disc shaped eggs, measuring up to 0.6 mm in diameter, are laid singly on the young terminal
leaflets of Bird's-foot-trefoil and other leguminous food plants, and hatch in c.9 days.
Larva:
The fairly stout larva measures up to 13 mm in length, tapers towards the extremities and is flattened
towards the sides. The body is green with a darker green mediodorsal line and whitish lateral stripe below
the level of the white spiracles. The small glossy head can retract into the body. The setae are light brown
dorsally and white laterally. On the upper surface of the 10th segment there is a honey gland.
The larva feeds on its food plant by day and the first generation is fully grown in about 6 weeks and
goes on to pupate. But those of the second generation overwinter , probably in their third instar, about
late Septrmber/early October. They hibernate low down on the stem of the food plant or on leaf litter.
It is often seen tended by ants who are attracted by its honey-like secretions, a feature seen in other members
of the Lycaenidae family. Feeding is resumed late March or early April of the following spring.
Pupa:
Pupation of the overwintering larva occurs about April but later in summer for the following generation(s).
This occurs at the base of the food plant or sometimes on its lower stem under a few strands of silk.
Some are buried by ants and it may occasionally be seen inside an ant's nest under a stone.
The pupal stage lasts c. 14 days.
Adult:
The adult is on the wing by mid-May to early July and again in late July to early September and
later for further generations.