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Tussock Moth

Artaxa sp.

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Description:

About 1.5 cm in length

Habitat:

Spotted on a wall of a school building (urban area)

1 Species ID Suggestions

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AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 10 years ago
Tussock Moth
Artaxa sp. Bald Tussock Moth | Project Noah


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6 Comments

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 10 years ago

Thanks for the ID Agnes!

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 10 years ago

Looks close to Artaxa ormea, species found in Sundaland (which includes Palawan): http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-5/nygm...,
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax....

But please refer also to Nuwan's entry in inaturalist.org:
http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak...,
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/...

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks for your Juan Manuel. I will look into that.

Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel 11 years ago

Euproctis lutea ?

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Thanks hope martin!

hope.martin
hope.martin 11 years ago

Beautiful! Reminds me of the flannel moths we have here.

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Noel Buensuceso
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Noel Buensuceso

Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Spotted on Apr 18, 2013
Submitted on Apr 18, 2013

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