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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.