Banyan tussock moth
The banyan tussock moth lives in warm parts of Asia. The males and females look so different that you might think they were two kinds of moth. Its hairy caterpillar has a broad black back and white hairs.
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Fun facts
The pupa is bristly, patched dark grey and cream, with orange hairs.
Its caterpillars sometimes nibble so many fig leaves that gardeners call them a small pest.
Scientists have named a virus after it, because the virus makes these caterpillars sick.
It was first described in 1787, more than 230 years ago.
Most asked questions about Banyan tussock moth
?What does the banyan tussock moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat banyan and other fig leaves, and also jackfruit and mango.
?Where does the banyan tussock moth live?
In India, Sri Lanka, southern China, Thailand and the islands of Southeast Asia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Perina nuda
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1787
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Clearwing tussock moth
Where the facts come from
- Perina nuda (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Pavel Kirillov from St.Petersburg, Russia. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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