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White Tussock Moth

Family Lymantriidae

Description:

Small (15mm) white moth.

Habitat:

Jigal tree (bauhinia) Savannah woodlands Kimberley.

Notes:

Laelia obsoleta? Euproctis melanosoma?

1 Species ID Suggestions

White Tussock Moth
Euproctis melanosoma White Tussock Moth - Euproctis melanosoma


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1 Comment

BarbaraSing
BarbaraSing 9 years ago

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...

BarbaraSing
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BarbaraSing

Spotted on Jul 26, 2014
Submitted on Jul 27, 2014

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