scientific name : Dasychira basiflava
common name : Yellow-based tussock moth
information : Two pairs of black "pencils" of clubbed setae on front and rear. Four dense, short dorsal "tussocks" on A1-A4 that are of black and white interspersed clubbed setae. White lateral tussocks composed of long setae with a few black setae in the center. Similar to Dasychira vagans except that it lacks a long pencil of clubbed setae on A8.

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