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Brown Tussock Moth

Olene mendosa

Description:

About 5 cm in length

Habitat:

urban garden

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14 Comments

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks Craig and Bayucca for the assist!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

@Craig: Please, check this one as well:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/117...
What do you think??

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Good job, Craig! Olene (not Olena!) mendosa sounds quite good! Look carefully at the tiny white spot within the lateral "brush". The other markings look also quite good, but it would anyway be useful to check for other Olene from the Philippines. I do not have enough information about it.

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 11 years ago

This could be Olena mendosa

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks Bayucca for the feedback. I will re -edit again until the exact ID is determined

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I agree with Dan with Orgyia sp., but I am not sure if this really is Antiqua. There might be white-tufted hairs but usually more yellowish and the markings look different. There are about 20 different Orgyia species in the Australasian area. I think Antiqua is not found on the Philippines.

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

ID updated

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks dandoucette

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Cool spotting! This looks a lot like the rusty tussock moth, but not sure if the range matches.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgyia_anti...

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks Maria dB!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Especially like the second photo!

pmbagga
pmbagga 11 years ago

you're most welcome. Noel.

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks pmbagga!

pmbagga
pmbagga 11 years ago

so beautiful...

Noel Buensuceso
Spotted by
Noel Buensuceso

Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Spotted on Aug 10, 2012
Submitted on Aug 10, 2012

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