The moth in the link looks almost exactly like Mona's, although I do not think the ID is correct. I checked BOLD Systems, and a few other websites and they did not show a moth in Euproctis or Lymantriinae with this abdominal patterning, thoracic patterning, or forewing patterning. I'm certainly not sure, although this looks much like a Ischnarctia. However, I cannot find any records of the location of the Ischnarctia genus, except that its type specimen was found in Tanzania. I think you may share some species with Tanzania, but I'm not sure about any species in this genus. However, there are more species of Ischnarctia than just the one listed on BOLD Systems.
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=451373
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=14798.0&AUTHOR=Bartel&beginIndex=0&listPageURL=GenusList2.dsml%3FAUTHOR%3DBartel&searchPageURL=BrowseAuthors.dsml%3FAUTHOR%3DBartel
:) :) Thanks to Juan Manuel's spotting similar to this one, where he provided the potokito link - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/24626002 . Check pic#2, very similar to your moth :)
Agnes, could you help me to I.d this moth.. I try to check from Lasiocampidae, but the body color is diffrent.. Are they also changing plumage when matting seasion, like a bird?
The hindwings protruding from the forewings suggest this moth may be in the family Lasiocampidae. Thank you very much for these photos, it helps a lot.
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