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Fruit piercing moth

Eudocima materna ??

Description:

Large hairy moth of about 50mm. A major pest of orchards.

Habitat:

Flew in at night inside my house.

Notes:

Experts please confirm the ID.

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6 Comments

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

Thank you Marta...

The MnMs
The MnMs 9 years ago

Beautiful moth, sunnyjosef!

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

Thank you pamsi, Dr Namgyal and suzmonk for your kind words..

suzmonk
suzmonk 9 years ago

Wonderful photos, Sunny ...

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

That's a pretty looking one, Sunny!

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

Wow!

sunnyjosef
Spotted by
sunnyjosef

Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Spotted on Aug 20, 2014
Submitted on Aug 21, 2014

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