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Lappet Moth
Streblote castanea
14.15, 121.23
Field Notes
Description:
Streblote castanea (Swinhoe, 1892), family Lasiocampidae, subfamily Lasiocampinae.
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841, is a family of moths known as Eggars, Snout Moths or Lappet Moths. Their common name 'Snout Moths' comes from their unique protruding mouth parts of some species that resemble a large nose. They are called 'Lappet Moths' due to the decorative skin flaps found on the caterpillar's prolegs. The name 'Eggars' comes from the neat egg-shaped cocoons of some species. From the Greek lasio (wooly) campa (caterpillar). As adults, the moths in this family are large bodied with broad wings and may still have the characteristic elongated mouth parts, or have reduced mouthparts and not feed as adults. They are either diurnal or nocturnal.
Most probably, the female version of Shekai's spotting - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/18215063.
Habitat:
Makiling Botanic Gardens, a forest park of the Mt. Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (adjacent or within the UPLB-College of Forestry and Natural Resources), University of the Philippines at Los Baños, Laguna.
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