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Eurproctis plagiata

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium-sized moth. Yellow is the base colour with extensive area covered in brown. Fuzzy; even the legs are fuzzy. Elongated body shape.

Habitat:

Sitting calmly on the brightly painted wall of a monastery near Ravangla, a tourist town in Sikkim, India.

Reference Links:

Euproctis plagiata · iNaturalist.org

Species ID Suggestions

' Tussock

Eurproctis plagiata

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Druenn
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Comments (1)
SukanyaDatta
How nice to give the moth a name. Thank you GCDruenn.

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PublishedOctober 21, 2016

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