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Family Lymantriidae
Small (15mm) white moth.
Jigal tree (bauhinia) Savannah woodlands Kimberley.
Laelia obsoleta? Euproctis melanosoma?
Hi Mark,
The description in this link is not the same. The orange head is quite distintive. Habitat doesn't include Western Australia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euproctis_melanosoma
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...