Le papillon de cette semaine est une vidéo d'un micro de danse des Philippines (pris par Warren Laurde). Comme vous vous en doutez il s'agit d'une parade nuptiale qui se termine dans un poirier assez spectaculaire. Il ya beaucoup d'autres microleps qui ont un comportement de la danse ou l'affichage, but there are almost no other videos online and few as high quality as this one. I am thinking this is a Cosmopterigidae, something approaching the genus Ressia. I am unable to find confirmed records of anything near this genus from SE Asia (and nothing in the Microlepidoptera of the Philippine Islands) – but doing a google search I did find another image of what might be this same moth!
Cosmoptérigidés - Melvyn Yeo
Ha! I love Warren’s video. Looks like the moth is head-banging going into the headstand.
Oh, my!!! As if that amazing dance and headstand weren’t enough, those RED eyes with that black and white body, wow. GORGEOUS! I’d surely swoon (were I a female moth of that sort…). Thanks for posting that fun video!!
That is cooooool. Great vid, Warren!