Small Minivet/හීන් ගිණිකුරුල්ලා/පුංචි මිණිවිත්තා[hin Ginikurulla/Punchi Minivitta] (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus)

 Rather uncommon breeding resident of wooded home gardens, open forests and scrublands with scattered trees from lowland to mid hills in every climatic zones. But it avoids interior of rainforests. Small Minivet lives as pairs or as small flocks and feeds on larvae, grasshoppers, moths, etc. in the crowns of trees, by flitting from one tree to another, following one another to the next in their chosen territory. It breeds mainly from February to May by laying two or three eggs in a tiny cup shape nest made of lichens, leaf midribs and cobwebs and bounds to a lichen-covered small branch or fork of a forest tree or a rubber tree or a tree growing in the tea plantations.  

Painted Meal Moth (Pyralis pictalis)

Location - Bambarakanda

Wingspan - 15-34 mm

Reference - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/124756-Pyralis-pictalis

Herochroma baibarana

Location - Mirigama

Reference - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/543719-Herochroma-baibarana

Scopula emissaria

Location - Anavilundawa

Wingspan - 28 mm

References - 

• Jayawardana, N.C. (2020) A Handbook to the Moths of Sri Lanka Vol. 01
• https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244421-Scopula-emissaria

Asota plana

Location - Pidaligannawela Waterfall (B339 Road)

Wingspan - 5.5 cm

Host Plants - Ficus racemosa, Ficus hispida, Artocarpus heterophyllus

References - 

Jayawardana, N.C. (2020) A Handbook to the Moths of Sri Lanka Vol. 01

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202258-Asota-plana

Pachynoa spilosomoides

 

Location: Kukulugala

Reference: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/521419-Pachynoa-spilosomoides