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Green Snout Moth

Parotis suralis

Habitat:

Found this little darling on my window this evening.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Ashish
Ashish 12 years ago
Green snout moth
Parotis suralis Encyclopedia of Life


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16 Comments

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 12 years ago

Wow! Thank you for all your help everyone!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Super family... Pyraloidea

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I can give ID....

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

@ Dan,That is of great help! Thank you .

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Agree with other's ID...just click +

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Emma, those numbers indicate how many people agree with the ID suggestion. Instead of suggesting the same ID but still want to show you agree, then hit the +1. If the spotter is still unsure than once it hits 3+ on the suggestions, it's usually considered correct. Hope that helps.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

@ Ashish,I am doing ID. In each suggestion box there are numbers like +0, +1 etc etc. What is that?

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 12 years ago

Ok. Thank you.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Snout is body structural type... and check in family....Pyralidae...
http://www.google.co.in/search?q=Pyralid...

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 12 years ago

Have I ID'd this incorrectly, or are you saying its common name is Snout Moth?

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Alike in Pyralidae family of moths.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Its Snout moth...!!

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 12 years ago

lori.tas, I found this beauty ID'd on OzAnimals.com! Yay!

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 12 years ago

Thank you!

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

An emerald looper moth of some sort (GEOMETRIDAE).

LeanneGardner
Spotted by
LeanneGardner

4737, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Sep 15, 2011
Submitted on Sep 15, 2011

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