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LAST INSTAR CATERPILLAR AND METAMORPHOSIS OF NEOSTAUROPUS ALTERNUS (WALKER) (LEPIDOPTERA: NOTODONTIDAE)

Tzi Ming Leong

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The notodontid moth Neostauropus alternus (Walker, 1855) has a fairly widespread geographical distribution and has been recorded from the northeast Himalaya, Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and the south Moluccas (Holloway, 1983). Prior to this report, knowledge of its occurrence in Singapore was based on only a single, adult male specimen collected 88 years ago. The unique caterpillar of this species is illustrated from various perspectives to better appreciate its unusual posture, morphology and behaviour. This bizarre larva is compared with a remarkably similar larval form of another notodontid that occurs in Europe.

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The notodontid moth Neostauropus alternus (Walker, 1855) has a fairly widespread geographical distribution and has been recorded from the northeast Himalaya, Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and the south Moluccas (Holloway, 1983). Prior to this report, knowledge of its occurrence in Singapore was based on only a single, adult male specimen collected 88 years ago. The unique caterpillar of this species is illustrated from various perspectives to better appreciate its unusual posture, morphology and behaviour. This bizarre larva is compared with a remarkably similar larval form of another notodontid that occurs in Europe.

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The notodontid moth Neostauropus alternus (Walker, 1855) has a fairly widespread geographical distribution and has been recorded from the northeast Himalaya, Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and the south Moluccas (Holloway, 1983). Prior to this report, knowledge of its occurrence in Singapore was based on only a single, adult male specimen collected 88 years ago. The unique caterpillar of this species is illustrated from various perspectives to better appreciate its unusual posture, morphology and behaviour. This bizarre larva is compared with a remarkably similar larval form of another notodontid that occurs in Europe.

Key concepts: Caterpillar, Lepidoptera genitalia, Larva, Instar, Biology, Zoology, Ecology, Geography

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