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Anestia ombrophanes
With a wing span of a little more than 15mm, this attractive moth had grey and white patterns on both sides of the fore wings. The hind wings were a beautiful yellow and without pattern on both sides. The outer margins of all four wings had a dark fringe. Thorax was dark with a white patch. Abdomen showed dense yellow setae. Feathery antennae suggests that this is a male moth.
This moth was spotted clinging from a spider web on an outer wall of a building- it was barely alive. There were native trees around this building.
My thanks to Jakubko for the ID. Here is a previous spotting of the clouded footman caterpillar http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/998... Belongs to the family Arctiidae
Spotted on Apr 12, 2013
Submitted on Apr 14, 2013
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