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Trilocha varians

Minibeast photographs and field observations.

Tropical rainforest vegetation at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0

Species notes

About Trilocha varians

Trilocha varians (also recorded as Greenish Silk-Moth) is an accepted species in the family Bombycidae, within the order Lepidoptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Cyprus. Butterflies and moths pass through egg, larval, pupal and adult stages, and adults are characterised by wings covered in microscopic scales.

Common name
Greenish Silk-Moth
Family
Bombycidae
Order
Lepidoptera
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Cyprus

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy