Favoritos de hoiling

first record of Noctua pronuba from Hong Kong. Assumed to be an accidental import with horticultural products kept in nearby nurseries.
The photo is of the voucher specimen (colour scale bar is one inch in total, 1/6 inch per colour; b&w scale in mm, 25 mm in total).
A full report of this observation was published in the newsletter of the HK Ent. Soc. - http://hkentsoc.org/newsletter/HKES_newsletter_2011(3).pdf

found protected by ants, feeding on flowers of 台灣相思 Acacia confusa, always hiding between leaf-like structure sealed with silk,

photo on:

20200303 x 4

20200305 x 1

20200307 x 1

20200308 x 1

20200309 x 1 (pupa in web)

20200317 x 4 (adult and pupa case)

on 南酸棗 Choerospondias axillaris ( 漆樹科Anacardiaceae )

photo on:

20210424 x 4

20210426 x 1

20210427 x 1

20210507 x 6 (adult)

( This moth has a lot of hosts, including: 山指甲_小蠟樹 Ligustrum sinense (木犀科 Oleaceae), 台灣相思 Acacia confusa (含羞草科 Mimosaceae), 樟 Cinnamomum camphora (樟科 Lauraceae), 細葉榕 Ficus microcarpa (桑科 Moraceae), 青江藤 Celastrus hindsii (衛矛科 Celastraceae), 翼核果 Ventilago leiocarpa (flowers) 鼠李科Rhamnaceae))

on 羅浮買麻藤 Gnetum luofuense (Gnetaceae 買麻藤科)

photo on:

20210424 x 1

20210501 x 4

20210506 x 1 (pupa)

20210509 x 4 (adult)

( This moth has a lot of hosts, including: 山指甲_小蠟樹 Ligustrum sinense (木犀科 Oleaceae), 台灣相思 Acacia confusa (含羞草科 Mimosaceae), 樟 Cinnamomum camphora (樟科 Lauraceae), 細葉榕 Ficus microcarpa (桑科 Moraceae), 青江藤 Celastrus hindsii (衛矛科 Celastraceae), 翼核果 Ventilago leiocarpa (flowers) 鼠李科Rhamnaceae), 南酸棗 Choerospondias axillaris ( 漆樹科Anacardiaceae ))