Taken over by moths

One late December evening we returned to our base at Saiha. The morning next as we shuffled between resting and getting the base in order we saw moths having taken over the place. One, two and the count went up till 18 different species or should I say differently appearing moths as I walked around the place. Fatigue of 14 hour sumo ride of the earlier day vanished and I was climbing tables and chairs to click their images. 

Some on the ground and some up near the tube-light. It was as if we had let out the place to them for the three weeks that we were out. It appears as mind boggling now as it was then! My awareness on moths then was at best pathetic and I was keen to know of them! There hasn't been any significant change in my awareness levels since then either.

Attempts to get help with identification proved difficult. Responses ranged from 'I know only butterflies and not moths' to 'email silences' and I gave up after a while. Getting in touch with Geetha Iyer reminded me to rekindle the Mizoram folder which housed these images. Geetha Iyer's first image that comes to me is that of her running up the stairs in one of the fresh, but sad in appearance, constructions within the IISC campus; she responded with equal energy and speed to my emails on moths. Absolutely indebted to her for this and look forward to learning more. 

 Some of these images I share below. All taken on the same late morning with a basic Sony camera. There has been no tempering other than cropping some of these! 'Web' has related links where I landed up while meandering online ~

Tyana callichlora; Nolidae
This was on the outside wall and reminded me of a Hindu god miniature on a leaf! 
Botyodes asialis;Crambidae,Spilomelinae
This I recall having seen frequently
Diaphania hyalinata; Melonworm moth. Crambidae,Pyraustinae
Thinopteryx crocoptera ; Geometridae Ennominae, Thinopterygini
This surely is one on the floor
Netria sp., Notodontidae
Smaller than most with a 'wooly' appearance and on the wall outside
Notodontidae
This is on the A4 paper which had the office name and number
Lymantria sp.; Lymantridae
Polygrammodes sp; Crambidae,Pyraustinae
Web
Stemorrhages costata; Crambidae,Pyraustinae
I wonder if this and others - outside - were attracted to the squash vine near the wall
Web
Biston sp.; Geometridae, Ennominae (probably)
This was was right up where the wall came to an end
Web

The place that enabled us to savour these and other species I profoundly miss ~

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