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Parotis marginata
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INSECT FACTS |
Identification
Parotis marginata is a brilliant green moth with prominent eyes and long thin antennae. It has a brownish fringe on rear margin of hindwing. It has a tuft of hairs at the end of the abdomen.
Size
wingspan 30mm
Food
The caterpillars are leaf skeletonizers and can cause significant damage to nursery stock and forestry plantations
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Crambidae | | Genus: | Parotis | | Species: | marginata | | Common Name: | no common name |
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