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Common Ghost Moth, Aenetus eximia and Fruit Piercing Moth, Eudocima salaminia

Scott family1850/1870

Australian Museum

Australian Museum
Sydney, Australia

“The [Common Ghost Moth] caterpillar is cylindrical and fleshy, except the head and adjoining segment which are rough and corneous. The segments are muscular and well developed, and of a dull creamy white, tinged with purplish red at their divisions.” Description from AW Scott, ‘Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations’, Volume 2, Plate 11 (1890-1898).

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  • Title: Common Ghost Moth, Aenetus eximia and Fruit Piercing Moth, Eudocima salaminia
  • Creator: Scott family
  • Date: 1850/1870
  • Medium: Watercolour painting
Australian Museum

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