Moth
Euproctis sp.
22.9965, 87.6856
Field Notes
Description:
Fuzzy head and legs. Head is a light rust colour. Body has two colours a dark maroon-brown and a light yellow. The maroon-brown patch has a tracery of thin yellow lines in it.
Habitat:
Drawn towards the porch light of a cottage at Village Kolakham; a remote, forested area at an altitude of 1868m in the Kalimpong Hills of Darjeeling District, on the fringes of Neora Valley National Park.
Notes:
Euproctis piperita as in : http://lepidoptera.pro/taxonomy/22216
Euproctis aethiopica as in : https://www.flickr.com/photos/mgrimm82/14706906609
are both very close matched...so I am going with the Genus.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2015
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