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Cucumber Moth

Diaphania indica

Description:

airplane-looking little moth, about 1,5cm wide, with a strange tail

Habitat:

urban

Notes:

Wikipedia says it likes cucumbers and because of it, this moth is an agricultural pest

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5 Comments

EduardoFrick
EduardoFrick 12 years ago

Thanks, Carolina!

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

I found one too! Its a Cucumber moth
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/656...

Steffi
Steffi 12 years ago

What an interesting little moth!

misako
misako 12 years ago

beautiful!

textless
textless 12 years ago

Wow!

EduardoFrick
Spotted by
EduardoFrick

Caçapava, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Feb 12, 2010
Submitted on Sep 14, 2011

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