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- This family is very closely related with family Arctiidae and
sometimes put as its sub-family. The moths are brightly coloured in orange,
yellow and black. Most of them active during the day.
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 - Aganaidae caterpillar
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- Moths in this family are colourful, usually medium to large size. They
have strong proboscis (mouth parts).
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- The caterpillars are sparsely hairy. They feed openly on leaves during the
day. They pupate in cocoon on ground among plant materials.
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- Two-spots Tiger Moth
  - Asota plagiata, body length 25mm
- The moth has brown forewings with veins visible
in white colour, and a white spot in the middle. Please click on here
for more information.
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- Yellow Tiger Moth
  - Agape chloropyga, body length 40mm
Caterpillar length 30mm
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moth is yellow in colour with five orange spots on each forewing and some small
black dots on thorax. Its abdomen is yellow with black bands and a dark blue
end. Their caterpillars are brown in colour with sparse hairs. They feed on Fig
Tree leaves. More information please visit this page.
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- Reference:
- 1. Moths
of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press,
1990, p439.
- 2. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p910.
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