
Green fruit-piercing moth
Intriguing visual effect/camouflage on this moth, looking like a leaf with curled edges to my eyes.
Found here in Australia, up to south-east Asia and on in to India. Larvae feed on plants within family Menispermaceae. Adult moths pierce fruit for the juices, sometimes causing fruit plantation infestations as fungi and other micro-organisms can enter the fruit and cause it to rot.
The moth flew off after this one shot and I saw the flash of orange/red from the underwings.
Wingspan 80 mm.
"Eudocima salaminia" is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from India across south-east Asia to the Pacific Islands. In Australia it occurs in the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.
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