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Spotted Cossid Moth

Zeuzera coffeae

Description:

A moth flew into our house one night. Fluffy and white in color with black dots scattered around it's wings and thorax. Special thanks to Saturniidae27 for the ID.

Habitat:

Unknown.

Notes:

I had finished uploading my spottings from Sarawak so now I am continuing to upload past spottings taken around my house. >>>Map accuracy : 250m diameter.

3 Comments

Saturniidae27
Saturniidae27 3 years ago

Actually Polyphagozerra coffeae, according to recently updated sources.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphagoz...

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Thank you ArgyB, I wonder that too.
It may feed on a variety of forest plants that are not found near here.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Very nice find Chun. I wonder what type of plants they use... must read Zeuzera.

ChunXingWong
Spotted by
ChunXingWong

Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Apr 13, 2010
Submitted on Mar 29, 2013

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