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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bird Dropping Moths (Acontiinae) » Acontiini » Tarache » Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth - Hodges#9143 (Tarache tetragona)
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Exposed Bird Dropping Moth larva - Tarache tetragona
Copyright © 2008 Alan Chin Lee

Exposed Bird Dropping Moth larva - Tarache tetragona
Delray Beach, Florida, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
July 8, 2008
Side view of the larva on a blade of grass. larva feeds on Sida spinosa.

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Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 5 December, 2008 - 8:51pm
Last updated 13 April, 2024 - 9:03pm

Moved
Moved from Exposed Bird Dropping Moth.
… john and jane balaban, 13 April, 2024 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

Reaing through the Owlets book
this seems more likely to be Tarache tetragona, pg 241. What do you think?
… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2015 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

 
I recall
I recall raising this larva to an adult which was the basis for the ID. Oddly, I did not photograph the adult. I tried to find larval shots of Tarache tetragonal for comparison but was unsuccessful. I'm guessing that the pg 241 reference is?
… Alan Chin Lee, 10 September, 2015 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

 
If you go to Amazon
here, you can click on look inside. If you search for flavifimbriata, page 241 should come up.
… john and jane balaban, 10 September, 2015 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

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