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- This family is very closely related with family Arctiidae and
sometimes put as its sub-family.
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- Aganaidae Moth
 - Asota plagiata, body length 25mm
- This moths sometime listed it as a separate family AGANAIDAE, or listed as
a sub-family of ARCTIIDAE. The moths have brown forewings with veins visible
in white colour, and a white spot in the middle. We took this picture on the
wall outside our house in a summer night. Their larvae feed on Ficus
macrophylla.
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- Yellow Tiger Moth
  - Agape chloropyga, body length 40mm
Caterpillar length 30mm
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moth is yellow in colour with five orange spots on each forewing and some small
black dots on thorax. It abdomen is yellow with black bands and a dark blue
end. Their caterpillars are brown in colour with sparse hairs. They feed on Fig
tree leaves. More information please visit this page.
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