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Crops Trees, palms & pandanus Trees Caterpillar, Melaleuca, Vietnam

Caterpillar, Melaleuca, Vietnam

July 2017. A caterpillar on Melaleuca cajuputi, Soc Trang Province (Mekong River delta), Vietnam sent for identification.

A member wrote:

The larva looks like a species of nolid (family Nolidae) with the swollen thorax, but the adult looks like a species in the genus Targella(Noctuidae: Euteliinae, sometimes raised to full family status as Euteliidae). Targalla delatrixis a possibility, but it is more normally found on Syzygium or Eugenia.

http://lepidoptera.butterflyho use.com.au/eute/delatrix.html,https://www.papua-insects.nl/i nsect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Eut eliidae/Euteliinae/Targalla/ Targalla%20delatrix.htm,http://www.mothsofborneo.com/p art-14/euteliinae/euteliinae_8 .php.

I can’t find any images of the larvae of T. delatrix.

The Moths of Borneo link has some useful information on recognising the genus based on adult morphology.