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Lichen caterpillar

Cyana sp.

Photo by FakawiTribe
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Field Notes

Description:

13mm moth pupa found on topside of a leaf in secondary Malaysia jungle.

Pupa is surrounded by a cage of bristles (possibly remnants of the caterpillar?)

Awesome!
Pupa is suspended inside this cage of bristles like a hammock by strands of silky strings.

Habitat:

secondary jungle. Malaysia
low lying shrubs

Notes:

www.mothsofborneo.com/part-7/nudariini/nudariini_1.php

http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-7/nudariini/gallery.php

Reference Links:

Cyana meyricki

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
FakawiTribe
Thanks for the mission suggestion, @Ava T-B! Added to the mission!
Ava T-B
Please add this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378
FakawiTribe
Hi Lauren, your description of a "basket" helped me narrow down my search on Google. Finally found the name for this beauty: It's a moth from the Arctiinae subfamily, from the cyana sp. thanks so much!!
FakawiTribe
Hi Lauren! Awesome pics you have! I found this youtube of a tussock moth recycling its bristles into a similar but denser basket. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFDKeMGFPNE
LaurenZarate
Hi FakawiTribe, I found something similar to yours in Mexico, the basket is somewhat different, but the pupa is similar. A Geometrid moth had just emerged. (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/860451906).
FakawiTribe
i know of certain tussock moths using their urticating bristles to build a cocoon this way. This could possibly be a moth pupa. ID, anyone?

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PublishedAugust 1, 2016

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