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Clearwing Moth

Melittia chalciformis

Description:

Taxonomy : Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Sesioidea Family: Sesiidae Genus: Melittia Species: Melittia chalciformis

Habitat:

Dense bushes, forests

Notes:

Found resting on a plant, with wings folded. A rare thing to see this moth resting.

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2 Comments

Leonardo Castro
Leonardo Castro 10 years ago

Amazing!! Really beautiful!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 years ago

Beautiful!

AnandAmembal
Spotted by
AnandAmembal

Mira-Bhayander, Maharashtra, India

Spotted on Sep 7, 2012
Submitted on Oct 11, 2013

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