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Spotting Image 1

Description:

Wing lenth: 38 mm.

2 Species ID Suggestions

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Saturniidae27
Saturniidae27 4 years ago
copper legged prominent moth
Syntypistis perdix Flickr
Noah Ranger +2
bayucca
bayucca 4 years ago
Tussock Moth
Calliteara grotei Calliteara grotei - Wikipedia


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3 Comments

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 4 years ago

Thanks bayucca for the ID and the references.

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bayucca
bayucca 4 years ago

Erebidae, Lymantriinae, Orgyiini, Calliteara grotei.
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxb...
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/205293-...
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/sh...

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 4 years ago

NO. Saturnidae27, pl check it properly.
Your own reference doesn't match with it.
This is a Tussock Moth, an Erebidae, not a Prominent Moth, a Notodontidae!

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DrNamgyalTSherpa

Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Spotted on Aug 4, 2019
Submitted on Aug 7, 2019

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