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Tussock Moth

Description:

Fuzzy moth. Cocoa colour and white. The legs look as it making a V sign.

Habitat:

Village Kolakham; a remote, forested area at an altitude of 1868m in the Kalimpong Hills of Darjeeling District, on the fringes of Neora Valley National Park.

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2 Comments

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 9 years ago

Oops, correcting immediately. Thanks, Mark

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Beautiful. The antennae are legs. Looks like a tussock moth (Erebidae, Lymantriinae)

SukanyaDatta
Spotted by
SukanyaDatta

West Bengal, India

Spotted on Mar 23, 2015
Submitted on Apr 24, 2015

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