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Footman Moth

Nepita conferta (Walker, 1854)

Photo by m.prasad.369
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Field Notes

Description:

Season : Rainy season
Time : 03:00am 23 & 24Sep2021
Frequency : Common
Life stage : adult

Habitat:

Spotted inside the car parking very close to open abandoned area with lot of plants.

Reference Links:

Nepita conferta Walker (1854) by Pavan R on 17 September 2019

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
m.prasad.369
Thanks Ava T-B. I have added reference. Female moths lay eggs on the pupa of the same species. Not sure the exact reason, may be, cannibalism. BTW, I observed it in this moth species; I'm not sure in other moth species.
Ava T-B
Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378

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