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Yellow Tussock Moth

Euproctis varians

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Description:

Yellow tussock moth, 1.5cm in length. Family Erebidae, subfamily Lymantriinae, tribe Nygmiini. IDd before as Euproctis lutea (Fabricius, 1775), but E. lutea is an Australian species. New ID is Euproctis varians (Walker) for further verification - http://www.geocities.ws/notodontidae/lym.... Looks a lot like Taiwan's Euproctis dissimilis Wileman - http://www.geocities.ws/notodontidae/lym....

Habitat:

Spotted near the backyard.

Notes:

Reference: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_... http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life...

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2 Comments

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

Thanks nexttogone! :)

nexttogone
nexttogone 11 years ago

Beautiful spotting!

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AgnesAdiqueTalavera

Laguna, Philippines

Spotted on Nov 12, 2012
Submitted on Nov 17, 2012

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yellow tussock moth moth laguna philippines euproctis lutea yellow moth lymantriidae erebidae lymantriinae nygmiini euproctis varians euproctis dissimilis
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