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BrownTussock Moth Caterpillar

Olene mendosa

Description:

feeding plant - Neoclitsea cassia

5 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Nuwan happy, me happy!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

convinced and happy now :-) thanks again bayucca!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Hmm...
Take this:
http://www.pestnet.org/SummariesofMessag...
and this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17487183@N0...
and this:
http://www.malaeng.com/blog/?p=4779
and this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tktan_photo...
Are you happy now ;-)...
I agree your link looks a little bit faint, but some pattern are very similar.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Thanks bayucca, definitely Olene sp. but mendosa looks different in this link.
http://www.nbaii.res.in/Pestsofcrops/Ole...
maybe different instar what do you think ?

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Erebidae, Lymantrinae, Olene mendosa.

NuwanChathuranga
Spotted by
NuwanChathuranga

Kandy CP, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Apr 25, 2013
Submitted on May 5, 2013

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