Indian moon moth: Indian luna moth
This beautiful moth was collected by Miss Marker in Sri Lanka. It type of silk moth and makes a silken cocoon to protect itself during metamorphosis. The moth has no functioning mouth parts and must rely on energy stored as a caterpillar.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 4/1955/4
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Collection Area Region
- South Asia
- Collector Excavator
- Marker, Miss
- Common Name
- Indian moon moth: Indian luna moth
- Simple Name
- insect: moth
