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Phalera bucephala - Dorsal Dorsal view of Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala). Other views of same animal here:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/54633/phalera_bucephala_w_ovae.html" title="Phalera bucephala w Ovae"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/54633_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=sIJI4X1S%2F15%2FQfAUWyvIS%2FsPjTI%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Phalera bucephala w Ovae Somehow this Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) ended up in a glass cylinder used as a breeding cage for something else (Caliroa larvae) and when I first saw it, it had already laid some eggs on the glass. Set it free in the garden and took some more pictures:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/54635/phalera_bucephala_-_dorsal.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/54636/phalera_bucephala_-_lateral.html Buff-tip,Jane&#039;s garden,Lepidoptera,Notodontidae,Phalera,Phalera bucephala,nl: Wapendrager" /></a></figure><br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/54636/phalera_bucephala_-_lateral.html" title="Phalera bucephala - Lateral"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/54636_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=V4GyvjT31d9Ei9Lma2QZemIxxZc%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Phalera bucephala - Lateral Lateral view of Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala). Other views of same animal here:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/54633/phalera_bucephala_w_ovae.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/54635/phalera_bucephala_-_dorsal.html Buff-tip,Jane&#039;s garden,Lepidoptera,Notodontidae,Phalera,Phalera bucephala,nl: Wapendrager" /></a></figure> Buff-tip,Jane's garden,Lepidoptera,Notodontidae,Phalera,Phalera bucephala,nl: Wapendrager Click/tap to enlarge

Phalera bucephala - Dorsal

Dorsal view of Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala). Other views of same animal here:

Phalera bucephala w Ovae Somehow this Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) ended up in a glass cylinder used as a breeding cage for something else (Caliroa larvae) and when I first saw it, it had already laid some eggs on the glass. Set it free in the garden and took some more pictures:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/54635/phalera_bucephala_-_dorsal.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/54636/phalera_bucephala_-_lateral.html Buff-tip,Jane's garden,Lepidoptera,Notodontidae,Phalera,Phalera bucephala,nl: Wapendrager

Phalera bucephala - Lateral Lateral view of Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala). Other views of same animal here:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/54633/phalera_bucephala_w_ovae.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/54635/phalera_bucephala_-_dorsal.html Buff-tip,Jane's garden,Lepidoptera,Notodontidae,Phalera,Phalera bucephala,nl: Wapendrager

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The buff-tip is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found throughout Europe.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Pudding4brains
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By Pudding4brains

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Uploaded Nov 3, 2017.