Lymantriidae (tussock moths) of some sort. This far I know![]()
Any luck for further identification, Roger?
mMothPupa1.JPG
mMothPupa2.JPG
mMothPupa3.JPG
mTheMoth1.JPG
mTheMoth2.JPG
-Elizabeth
Lymantriidae (tussock moths) of some sort. This far I know![]()
Any luck for further identification, Roger?
mMothPupa1.JPG
mMothPupa2.JPG
mMothPupa3.JPG
mTheMoth1.JPG
mTheMoth2.JPG
-Elizabeth
Can't help much here - the Moths of Borneo doesn't have anything that matches.
My hunch is something in the genus Calliteara.
cheers,
Roger.
Roger C. KENDRICK Ph.D.
C & R Wildlife, Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, N.T., Hong Kong S.A.R.
HK Moths website: http://www.hkmoths.com
HK Moths Recording Project on i-Naturalist: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/hong-kong-moths
HK Moths Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/hongkongmoths/
Thanks, Roger.
Sorry, I didn't managed to get some pics of the larvae. The larva looks something like the one on this link, except it has much much more yellow fur on it.
I guess there are several types of moths whose larvae looked the same for this, because I had rear this twice, thinking it's the same but the moths came out totally different.
Cheers,
-Elizabeth
Hi Elizabeth - the photo of the larva is not far off what I would expect for Calliteara - I have reared Calliteara horsfieldii in Hong Kong and the european Calliteara pudibunda (Pale Tussock) is also similar.
cheers, Roger.
Roger C. KENDRICK Ph.D.
C & R Wildlife, Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, N.T., Hong Kong S.A.R.
HK Moths website: http://www.hkmoths.com
HK Moths Recording Project on i-Naturalist: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/hong-kong-moths
HK Moths Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/hongkongmoths/